Old news, but worth a look for my readers.

From Fox News:

December 5, 2007: Mitt Romney has a “sanctuary mansion” no more.

The former Massachusetts governor and GOP presidential candidate has formally cut ties with the landscaping company that manicures his lawn, after it was reported that the company continued to employ illegal immigrants a year after the hiring practices were first revealed.

Romney wrote a letter Tuesday to Ricardo Saenz, of Community Lawn Service in Chelsea, Mass., terminating his contract with the company.

“Today, I fired a landscaping company that I learned was employing people who are not permitted to work here in the United States,” Romney said in a statement Tuesday. “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. 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. Read the rest of the story here.