Lawn work at Romney's home still done by undocumented immigrants

[HughMoran]

Source: Boston Globe

Lawn work at Romney's home still done by undocumented immigrants

December 4, 07 06:23 PM

By Maria Cramer and Maria Sacchetti, Globe Staff

Mitt Romney, who has taken a tough stance against illegal immigrants in his quest for the Republican presidential nomination, has continued to employ a company that uses illegal immigrants to do lawn work at his home.

Responding to inquiries from the Globe, Romney tonight fired the company, which he has taken flak previously for using, for failing to comply with the law.

"After this same issue arose last year, I gave the company a second chance with very specific conditions. They were instructed to make sure people working for the company were of legal status," the former Massachusetts governor said in a statement. "We personally met with the company in order to inform them about the importance of this matter. The owner of the company guaranteed us, in very certain terms, that the company would be in total compliance with the law going forward."

Romney has made illegal immigration a central campaign issue in his bid for the nomination. At last week's Republican debate in St. Petersburg, Fla., Mitt Romney was quick to attack Rudy Giuliani for safeguarding illegal immigrants in New York City.


Read more: http://www.boston.com/news/local/breaking_news/2007/12/lawn_work_at_ro.html

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Edit - updated with link & full story excerpt.

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The hypocritical Republican syndrome strikes again!

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