Rick, I don't think I've ever hired an illegal in my life... We had a lawn company to mow our lawn, and they had illegal immigrants, and when that was pointed out to us, we let them go... So we went to the company and we said, "Look, you can't have any illegals working on our property. I'm running for office, for Pete's sake. I can't have illegals."

CNN Republican presidential debate, Los Angeles, 2011-10-18, quoted in "Romney Explains Record of Hiring Illegal Immigrants as Lawn Keepers", ABC News, 18 October 2011, retrieved on 2012-10-03

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