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Mitt Romney: “You talk about magnets. You put in place some magnet that draw illegals to this state which was giving $100,000 of…”

On the recordOctober 23, 2011
You talk about magnets. You put in place some magnet that draw illegals to this state which was giving $100,000 of tuition credit to illegals that come to this country, and then you have states -- you have states -- the big states of illegal immigrants are California and Florida.
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Mitt Romney
Republican · Utah

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Romney criticizes Texas Governor Rick Perry's policy on illegal immigration and education.

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