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JANUARY 29, 2008

Romney crosses paths with new citizens

Just a few hours after voting booths opened in Florida, Mitt Romney spoke to a couple hundred supporters at the Tampa Convention Center. In another convention center meeting room, more than 700 people participated in a naturalization ceremony and received information on voter registration. The moment was not lost on Romney. "These are people who stood in line, most of them years and years, and worked hard to become citizens of this country," Romney said at his rally. "We say to the millions who came here illegally -- get back in line."

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