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Chris Christie Proposes Tracking Immigrants the Way FedEx Tracks Packages

Posted by timothy on from the nobody-hates-new-immigrants-like-old-immigrants dept.

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. Unnecessary by MikeRT · · Score: 0, Troll

    Just prosecute the ones that violate their visas and if they violated them to make money, asset strip them. How many Mexicans do you think would come here illegally if CBP or local law enforcement had an explicit grant to use civil asset forfeiture to take everything they own?

  2. The above is informative ? by Crashmarik · · Score: 0, Troll

    What there is no insane mod, or poster has an irrational hatred mod ?

    The world is enjoying it's longest most peaceful time period since the fall of Rome and idiots get upset over what it took to achieve it.