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October 11, 2011
By Emily Freedman
October 11, 2011
By Emily Freedman
The Romney campaign (click here) dubbed Texas. Gov. Rick Perry’s accusations that the former Massachusetts governor employed illegal immigrants as a “personal, cheap shot,” that came from someone who came to tonight’s debate “angry” and “out to get Mitt Romney.”
Perry accused Romney of hiring illegal immigrants at his Massachusetts home during tonight’s CNN debate in Las Vegas, recalling a story first reported by The Boston Globe in 2007 when it discovered that lawn workers at the Romney’s Belmont home were not in the country legally.
“Mitt, you lose all of your standing, from my perspective, because you hired illegals in your home and you knew about it for a year,” said Perry. “And the idea that you stand here before us and [say] that you’re strong on immigration is on its face the height of hypocrisy.”
The issue of illegal immigration has pitted Perry and Romney against one another again and again this campaign cycle. While Perry has said he does not support a fence across the border between the U.S. and Mexico, Romney has advocated for one, arguing that employers in America are acting as “magnets” to illegal immigrants who are looking for work and whose legality is never properly checked....
