Three prominent civil rights organizations have filed a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), accusing the agency of withholding critical information about its sweeping collection of DNA from noncitizens.

The Georgetown Center on Privacy and Technology , the Amica Center for Immigrants Rights in Northwest D.C., and Americans for Immigrant Justice in Miami say DHS has failed to respond to their Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request submitted in the summer of 2024.

The lawsuit, filed in the District of Columbia, comes after more than nine months without what the groups describe as a meaningful response. The original Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request sought details about how DHS collects, stores, and uses DNA samples taken from noncitizens — a practice th

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