By JONATHAN MARTIN | 10/2/11 7:03 AM EDT





DERRY, N.H. – In his first extended exposure to the give-and-take style of New Hampshire primary politics, Rick Perry discovered that immigration is going to be a serious problem here.

Perry faced sharp questions this weekend about the Texas law he signed to give the children of illegal immigrants in-state tuition rates. And over two days of events, those Granite State Republicans who didn’t get to address the issue with Perry brought it up to him afterword or, without prompting, raised it in interviews after he was gone.

“It’s what all my friends keep talking about,â€