GOP Candidate: We should microchip illegals

[SemiCharmedQuark]

I think we should catch ’em, we should document ’em, make sure we know where they are and where they are going,” said Pat Bertroche, an Urbandale physician. “I actually support microchipping them. I can micro-chip my dog so I can find it. Why can’t I microchip an illegal?

“That’s not a popular thing to say, but it’s a lot cheaper than building a fence they can tunnel under,”

Pat Bertroche-one of seven Republicans running in the 3rd District Congressional primary

Instead of building a border fence to help stem illegal immigration, the U.S. government should implant microchips into immigrants before deportation, much like what is done with pets, Pat Bertroche, an Urbandale physician and one of seven Republicans running in the 3rd District Congressional primary, said Monday.

While speaking at a Tama County Republican forum, Bertroche made it clear that he wasn’t joking when he suggested treating undocumented immigrants like pets.
...
Five of the six other candidates vying for the chance to take on Democratic U.S. Rep. Leonard Boswell also spoke at the event, and each came out strongly against amnesty and in favor of tougher border security. State Sen. Brad Zaun of Urbandale said “illegal people who are here, put them on a bus and send them wherever they came from.” He also contended that immigrants in the country illegally receive government services, like education and health care, and typically aren’t helping pay to support those services.

But that isn’t true. A 2007 study by the non-partisan Iowa Policy Project found that the average undocumented family in Iowa pays about $1,254 in sales and excise taxes, $110 in property taxes and $307 in income taxes, for a total tax contribution of $1,671 each year. This represents approximately 80 percent of the total amount of taxes paid by a documented family in Iowa earning the same income.

http://iowaindependent.com/32926/install-microchips-in-illegal-immigrants-gop-candidate-says

[RT Atlanta]

1. Howsa 'bout we tattoo 'em?

It seems like I have heard of that one before....

:sarcasm:


Seriously... where and when does this slippery slope end?!?

And to the legislative candidate, I have to repeat the question: "have you no shame?"

[malaise]

3. Brand them like slaves

They're slave labor anyway :sarcasm:

[Canuckistanian]

9. Or make them wear special badges

Something simple, like a colored star or a triangle.

Just think what these people would do if they had unfettered power.

[Echo In Light]

20. One more False Flag away from full-tilt green-lighting of that unfettered power

[TheOther95Percent]

21. Yup, Special badges are far less expensive than a microchip.

We don't want to be frivolous with tax dollars, doncha know.

[Dogmudgeon]

25. With a "J" for "José"

If you're gonna slip on the slope, you might as well slide down to the bottom.

Actually, I'm still half-convinced this is a very realistic dream.

--d!

[titoresque]

2. just ,wow.

:mad:

[sinkingfeeling]

4. Why stop with 'illegals'? Let's just micro-chip everybody. Then we won't have to have passports or

carry any other papers around. Bet Pat Bertroche is a card-carrying member of the Tea Party.


P.S. I'm actually impressed that the paper pritned the facts.

[calico1]

17. They aren't interested in checking everyone...

It's only if you look like a brown skinned illegal.

If you are blond with blue eyes you don't need a chip.

So as Jon Stewart showed, Jeffrey Dahmer wouldn't need one. Erik Estrada would.

[WinkyDink]

27. Think again, mon ami. Micro-chips for "lost" kids, the "wandering" elderly, pill-takers, ......Think

again.

[bluestateguy]

5. Yeah! That's it! Treat 'em like animals!

Maybe we could dust off some of the old fugitive slave laws and just replace the word "slave" with "illegal immigrant".

[Blue-Jay]

6. A GOPer pushing for The Mark Of The Beast?

How shocking.

[Cali_Democrat]

7. That's sick, Nazi-like stuff

You just know Hitler would have loved to microchip the Jews had the technology been available.

It's clear that the GOP doesn't view undocumented workers as human beings. They view them as animals when they are simply trying to make a living for themselves and their families.

You can't reason with these people. They are filled with so much hatred.

[RKP5637]

24. Yep, sadly they are still with us, those that helped Hitler rise to power and then

did his bidding.

[Lance_Boyle]

8. How would a microchip stop a person from re-entering illegally?

Would he make the entire border one big RFID reader?

I don't think the technology works like this guy thinks it works.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

10. Bag and Tag.

:woohoo:






:patriot:

[calico1]

11. Wouldn't branding work better?

That way you don't have to bother to check for a microchip.

:sarcasm:

[underseasurveyor]

19. Branding would work much better

Branding scars, especially if they're large, are extremely difficult to remove unlike a microchip which can be easily cut out of the skin with a very small incision.

Each country could have it's own brand:think:

[meegbear]

12. Since he'll be representing the people and should be available at all times ...

will he have himself micro chipped so his constituents can locate him at all times?

[madinmaryland]

13. Excuse me, Mr. Bertoche. Maybe we should microchip idiots like you!

:mad:

[Froward69]

Then this Asshole in Alabama

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9ohsvJHkbY&feature=player_embedded

[BlooInBloo]

14. (facepalm)

[mrfocus]

15. How 'bout a little yellow star or a tattoo?

These people are unbelievable!!!!

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

16. I detect today's "Worst Person in the Wooooorld!!!" ....make that the Cosmos. nt

[Skidmore]

18. Dayum, he's running in my district too.

OK, I need to get busy.

[EFerrari]

22. Why bother with formalities. Just eat them whole.

:sarcasm:

[underseasurveyor]

23. And alive?

Can we eat them alive too:bounce:

[RKP5637]

26. People like this have gone far beyond the stuff that nightmares are made of... so I propose

we microchip all republicans so the disease can be quarantined.

[struggle4progress]

28. I can't find documentation showing that Bertroche's vaccinations are up-to-date,

and I'm afraid he's showing symptoms of rabies or distemper

[RKP5637]

29. I think Michele Bachmann is an alien! She should be on the list IMO. n/t

[Dappleganger]

30. Don't forget the Illegal Alien Spay-n-Neuter Program! nt

[Cleita]

31. When you think the bigotry can't get any worse, it does.

:-(

[Maru Kitteh]

32. Sure. It makes them easier to vaporize from space.

How the hell do educated persons become that willfully ignorant and hateful? I DON'T GET IT.