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Chris Christie Proposes Tracking Immigrants the Way FedEx Tracks Packages

PolygamousRanchKid submits the news that New Jersey governor (and Republican presidential candidate) Chris Christie said yesterday that he would, if elected president, create a system to track foreign visitors the way FedEx tracks packages. The NYT writes: Mr. Christie, who is far back in the pack of candidates for the Republican presidential nomination, said at a campaign event in New Hampshire that he would ask the chief executive of FedEx, Frederick W. Smith, to devise the tracking system."At any moment, FedEx can tell you where that package is. It's on the truck. It's at the station. It's on the airplane," Mr. Christie told the crowd in Laconia, N.H. "Yet we let people come to this country with visas, and the minute they come in, we lose track of them." He added: "We need to have a system that tracks you from the moment you come in." Adds the submitter: "I'm sure foreign tourist will be amused when getting a bar code sticker slapped on their arm."

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  1. Re:Classic slippery slope by Runaway1956 · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    That poem is just that - a poem. If it is any more than some ditzy broad's silly poem, then it's a curse. It is NOT part of the constitution, US Code, any sort of federal or state ordinance, law, regulation, or what-have-you. Poem, or curse, take your pick. And, fuck that poem. This country does not belong to the outsiders, it belongs to me and mine - AMERICAN CITIZENS!

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