Here’s an interesting immigration idea. Why don’t we put RFID chips inside every foreign person who enters the country?
So, it appeared, proposed Colombian president Alfaro Uribe, according to Sen. Arlen Specter, (R-Pa.) who said in a speech before Congress (PDF) that “President Uribe said he would consider having Colombian workers have microchips implanted into their bodies before they are permitted to enter the United States to work on a seasonal basis.”
And if you think that’s going to work, consider what Specter thought of the idea. “I doubted whether the implantation of microchips would be effective since the immigrant worker might be able to remove them,” he said.
Uribe on Thursday refused to say whether he proposed microchip implants, acknowledging only that he encouraged the senators to replace “draconian” immigration laws with a temporary work program that treats Colombian workers humanely, like one the country already shares with Spain and Canada.
“If the United States, with all its technology, computers and chips, doesn’t have the means to know who enters or leaves the country then where are we?” he said during an interview on City TV. — Associated Press
While this sort of thing might help with people coming to the U.S. and then overstaying their visas, it would do nothing for the much larger issue of people just walking or swimming right across the U.S.-Mexico border.
And I don’t think the workers would go for it, either.
“If the United States wants to prevent illegal immigrants from entering the country, they should find a better way than treating humans like animals,” said Diana Lozano, an architecture student. . . .
“It sounds rather Orwellian,” said John Keeley, spokesman for the Center for Immigration Studies in Washington. “In a Star Trek-kind of future, 20-40 years down the road, we might need to consider this, but it’s not germane to the contemporary immigration debate.” — Ibid.
Yeah, those RFID chips will make it much easier to get a transporter lock on all the immigrants and deport them all at once.
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May 06, 2006
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Oppressed by Bush
May 07, 2006
When they do decide to brand all of us like cattle:
Open a microwave oven door, defeat the safety mechanism, cover your eyes with your hands, remove any jewelry or metals from your body and run for 2 seconds–bye bye ID chip.
If all fails, or if In the future they use RF or EMP shielding, make a 15KVdc Tesla Coil and stand 10 feet away from it–bye bye ID chip, and may the “Force†of James Clerk Maxwell’s original equations, shunned by smug scientists for 137 years, be with you.
Warning:
Never do this if you have a pacemaker or you will die—no exceptions. If you’re an idiot or happen to think that technology runs on a “mysterious magic”, consult a professional first, or you will die—no exceptions. If you don’t cover your eyes from microwaves, you will get cataracts. If you operate an open microwave for more than 2 seconds your flesh will be cooked and it will hurt like hell. Tesla Coils will fry your fancy electronics within 30 feet of range and will kill you in an instant if you don’t possess a deep fear of electrocution. Sorry if I offended any of you, I just prefer that you live.
Kinda brings new meaning to “give me liberty or give me death.â€
Oppressed by Bush
May 07, 2006
Doh!
correction:
*Remove the jewelry and metals *first*, then cover your eyes with your hands…
Heh, so I’m an idiot after all! :P
B. Edmiston
May 07, 2006
This is all about mind control and setting the stage for the Biblical “Mark of the Beast” of Revelation. These are truly the last days. Many have a hand in it, and are blind to it.
May 29, 2006
» RFID implants for “guest” workers? - RINF Alternative News
Oct 19, 2006
DHS committee: RFID offers no security - Homeland Stupidity
WW
Jan 17, 2007
The government can’t get the employers to fill out the forms for the immigrant workers and they can’t or shouold we say won’t secure our borders even to protect our citizens from terrorist possibilities. Then how will they ever get employers to check for RFID chips and require them for employment.
We need to stop passing laws that we are not willing to budget enforcement for since we are now teaching our youth that laws are to be broken since nobody is truly enforcing them.
Catherine
Apr 10, 2007
This talk is insane!!! If it comes to chips being manditory, I will leave the United States!!