Total genetic surveillance: How U.S. is preparing the DNA database for all citizens
A silent threat is currently growing in the United States, one that rarely makes headlines but is shaking the foundations of civil liberties: the systematic collection of DNA profiles. Millions of genetic data sets are being entered into the FBI’s CODIS system, fed not only by criminals but increasingly also by completely innocent people – including minors.
The big leap under Trump
While DNA collection began under previous administrations, Donald Trump has massively accelerated the project. Under the guise of “immigration control,” new powers were created that allow the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to collect genetic material on a massive scale. What was sold as a measure against illegal migration is now being extended to people who have neither been charged nor convicted.
Trump portrays himself as a hardliner for security and order – but in reality, he’s building an unprecedented genetic control infrastructure that extends far beyond security issues. This expansion is supported by corporations like Palantir, whose business model is based on data integration and surveillance.
The real goal: every citizen in the database?
DNA data isn’t like fingerprints. It reveals far more: diseases, genetic predispositions, family relationships, and origins. Anyone who ends up in this database not only reveals their own identity, but also that of their family.
The goal is clear: a universal genetic database containing all U.S. citizens – and perhaps, in the long term, foreign visitors as well. This would not only justify crime prevention or migration control, but also establish fine-meshed surveillance and control mechanisms.
Erosion of privacy
The problem: There is virtually no transparency and no effective oversight. Samples are taken without the affected persons even knowing the legal basis for this. Minors are targeted without any opportunity to defend themselves.
The idea that government agencies will one day be able to find out who is related to whom, what diseases someone carries, or whether they have a “genetic abnormality” at the push of a button means the end of all privacy.
Political power through biometrics
Why is all this growing now?
- Political agenda: Trump uses the narrative of “law and order” and “America First” to justify surveillance measures that deeply infringe on fundamental rights.
- Power calculation: A DNA database would make it easier to control political opposition – anyone in the database can be identified at any time.
- Economic interests: Tech companies like Palantir, which are closely linked to the military and intelligence agencies, directly benefit from the expansion of government data holdings.
The authoritarian future model
The genetic database is not merely a technical project. It is the cornerstone of a biopolitical society in which people are no longer mere citizens, but biometric objects.
Anyone who believes this is only a U.S. phenomenon is mistaken. Once established, the model will become an export product – to Europe, Asia, and Africa. Countries that dream of comprehensive control will follow suit, citing “American standards.”
Conclusion
The expansion of the DNA database is no coincidence or administrative side note. It is a deliberately controlled step toward total biopolitical control, in which no person remains anonymous. Under the current U.S. administration, this process is gaining momentum.
If no clear line is drawn now, every citizen will soon appear in this database – not as a human being with rights, but as a genetic object in the state’s catalogue.
yogaesoteric
October 9, 2025
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