WATCH: Christie Defends Plan To Track Immigrants The Way FedEx Tracks Packages

Gov. Chris Christie, campaigning for the Republican presidential campaign nomination, defended his plan to use technology to track immigrants the way FedEx tracks packages.

Christie appeared on Fox News Sunday (see video below), and on Facebook, to address critics who may believe the governor is comparing people packages.

“I don’t mean people are packages. Let’s not be ridiculous,” he said on Facebook.

Fox News anchor Chris Wallace asked Christie to clarify what he meant, asking if he was comparing people to packages.

“They’re not,” Christie said. ”But what my point was that this was, once again, a situation where the private sector laps us in the government with the use of technology. Let’s use the same type of techology to make sure that 40 percent of the 11 mllllion people here illegally don’t overstay their visas.”

“If Fedex can do it, why can’t we use the same technology?” Christie asked.

Christie first made the remarks while campaigning in Laconia, N.H. on Saturday (see second video below). He noted that, at any moment, FedEx can tell you where that package is. “Yet we let people come to this country with visas, and the minute they come in, we lose track of them,” he said.

Wallace asked if that means people would have a number on their wrists, much the same way FedEx puts numbers on their packages. Christie didn’t address that question specifically, but he elaborated on his overall point.

“We can do it, and we can bring in the folks from FedEx to use the technology to be able to do it. There’s nothing wrong with that.”