A big hat tip to Catherine Herridge and actually to X/Elon Musk and to the Daily Mail. A big breaking story that few in America have picked up and moved ahead to report. Go here to the Daily Mail to get the full story.
The money paragraph in the article is:
The memo said the retaliation included ‘a significant change in duties, responsibilities and working conditions’ and the agency did not offer them performance rewards.
‘The actions were motivated by the agency’s displeasure with the complainants’ perceived and actual involvement in bringing to light the agency’s intentional, decade-long failure to implement a law designed to protect public safety.’
The whistleblowers said they’d had their guns taken away and lost all career prospects almost overnight after they came forward about the lack of DNA collection they saw.
The whistleblowers first spoke out to the office of Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa. He first wrote to DHS in 2018 upon receiving the legally protected whistleblower disclosures.
According to an internal Homeland Security directive obtained by Grassley, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) ‘is required to collect DNA samples from ‘non-United States persons in detention for immigration violations.’
That policy is in compliance with the DNA Fingerprint Act of 2005.
But Grassley discovered that some 70 percent of border encounters did not include the DNA collection required by law, and as many as 950,000 violent criminals went unidentified from 2010 to 2019.
That number has since skyrocketed, the whistleblowers believe.
‘Americans are dead and these deaths were preventable,’ according to Homeland Security whistleblower Fred Wynn.
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Background and Herridge reporting —>
BREAKING: Leaked government memo confirms whistleblowers were targeted by Border Agency after exposing federal DNA Collection law was not followed for immigration violations
Homeland Security whistleblowers claim American deaths “were preventable.”
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— Catherine Herridge (@C__Herridge) August 11, 2024
What explains non-compliance with DNA law…
NEW via @DailyMail
Chairman House Homeland Security Committee @RepMarkGreen blames current lack of compliance on politics.
“CBP, under the Biden-Harris administration, simply is not concerned with collecting this vital DNA data, and… https://t.co/riqc3mgefm pic.twitter.com/Na3ENUp4WP
— Catherine Herridge (@C__Herridge) August 13, 2024
IMPORTANT UPDATE: Whistleblowers feel heard and validated by the overwhelming support on
. Whistleblowers report “radio silence” from
leadership. They say they feel “uneasy” about further retaliation. That said, whistleblowers remain committed to ensuring the DNA law is fully complied with and the public is not endangered.
has disputed their retaliation claims. In response to the investigation, I can report immediate outreach from a house committee with oversight.
