Those seemingly untechnical UPS drivers serve as a linchpin in the company's vast electronic tracking system.

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The Consumers Union, which campaigns on behalf of individual customers, wants Congress to require food producers to use an electronic tracking system like the one Federal Express employs for parcels.

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As a result, 12 states have moved to an electronic-tracking system that alerts pharmacists so they can stop people from buying more than the legal limit of pseudoephedrine.

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After 10 years, people with provisional legal status could apply for permanent residency if the new security and fencing plans were operating, a new mandatory employment verification system was in place, and a new electronic exit system was tracking who leaves the country.

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