ROMNEY: "Rick, again, I'm speaking! I'm speaking!”
Romney says he stopped using the landscaping company once he found they used illegal workers.
But he and Perry continued to spar over the issue during the debate. At one point a clearly frustrated Romney gently put his hand on Perry’s shoulder in an effort to get him to stop talking.
“You have a problem with allowing someone to finish speaking and I suggest that if you want to become president of the United States you have to let both people speak.”
Illegal immigration has become an issue in the Republican campaign and Perry has been criticized by some of his rivals for not doing more to stop illegal immigrants from coming into Texas.
Public opinion polls show Romney and Georgia businessman Herman Cain are the top two contenders for the Republican nomination at the moment. Perry trails further behind along with Texas Congressman Ron Paul, former U.S. House speaker Newt Gingrich and Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann.
Rounding out the Republican field are former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum and former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman.
The surprise of late has been political newcomer Herman Cain, the former top executive of a pizza company and the only African-American in the field.
Cain has gained notice with an appealing personality and a bold tax reform plan.
But Cain spent most of the latest debate trying to fend off attacks from rivals that his tax plan would wind up hurting poor and middle class voters.
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