Iowa GOPer: When I Said Let’s Microchip Illegal Immigrants, I Wasn’t Advocating It | Talking Points Memo

Iowa Republican Congressional hopeful Dr. Pat Bertroche thinks the immigration debate in this country is hopelessly stuck, and says he was only trying to get the dialogue jump-started when he suggested we place microchips in illegal immigrants.“We have all kinds of radical ideas out there,” Bertroche told TPM in an interview. “Build a fence, militarize it, put down minefields, shoot them as they cross the border… none of that addresses what the problem is. None of that addresses the people already here.”


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