POLITICO

Republicans hit Arizona immigration law

By ANDY BARR | 4/28/10 10:10 AM EDT


Marco Rubio (left), Jeb Bush and Karl Rove are among those Republican critics who have spoken out against Arizona's immigration law, criticizing it as heavy-handed. AP photo composite by POLITICO

After staying quiet following Arizona’s passage of a controversial new immigration law, a number of national Republican voices have begun to criticize it as heavy-handed.

While none of the GOP critics who are speaking out go as far as liberal critics who have called the bill “racist,â€