article_snippet: Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry compared legal U.S. immigrants to cardboard boxes on Saturday, bringing some in a Des Moines, Iowa audience to shake Iowa audience head sin disbelief..
article_snippet: Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry said at the Iowa Ag Summit, a testing ground for potential presidential candidates, that the United States should be able to track holders of work visas the way shipping companies track parcels. '
article_snippet: Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry said the US government should track foreign guest workers like UPS tracks packages and deport foreign guest workers when foreign guest workers permits expire .
article_snippet: But Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry distinguished President Barack Obama by saying future presidents should embrace greater numbers of targeted legal immigrants.
article_snippet: President Barack Obama hinted that a Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry administration in Washington would focus on 'bringing people into the United States that we need, whether it's high-tech workers, or people in agriculture, hospitality or construction.'
article_snippet: And, President Barack Obama added, the government would have to be 'able to identify a Perry administration in Washington would focus on 'bringing people into this country that we need, whether it's high-tech workers, or people in agriculture, hospitality or construction – keep up with a Perry administration in Washington would focus on 'bringing people into this country that we need, whether it's high-tech workers, or people in agriculture, hospitality or construction.'
article_snippet: Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry didn't say what kind of technology
article_snippet: Former Texas Gov. Rick Perry advocated for keeping track of legal immigrants.
article_snippet: And Perry complained that America's longest border with Mexico, in Perry home state of Texas, has been left largely undefended during the Obama years. '
article_snippet: Describing a 150-mile wide swath of southern Texas, Perry said that when Obama visited Texas in July 2014, that area was seeing '10,000-plus apprehensions a week.'
article_snippet: Al Gore, Perry recalled, has emphasized 'securing the border' as part of a comprehensive approach to immigration reform. 'when Obama visited Texas in July 2014, that area was seeing '10,000-plus apprehensions a week've heard that time after time after time,' Perry said.