Submission + - Chris Christie Proposes Tracking Immigrants the Way FedEx Tracks Packages (nytimes.com)
PolygamousRanchKid writes: Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey said on Saturday that if he were elected president he would combat illegal immigration by creating a system to track foreign visitors the way FedEx tracks packages.
I just spit out my coffee . . .
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.”
I'm sure foreign tourist will be amused when getting a bar code sticker slapped on their arm.
A FedEx spokeswoman declined to comment on Mr. Christie’s remarks.
Mr. Christie, get your lips away from the crack pipe.
I just spit out my coffee . . .
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.”
I'm sure foreign tourist will be amused when getting a bar code sticker slapped on their arm.
A FedEx spokeswoman declined to comment on Mr. Christie’s remarks.
Mr. Christie, get your lips away from the crack pipe.
