N.H. Republicans slam Jon Huntsman’s push for illegals’ rights

By Dave Wedge
Saturday, May 21, 2011 - Updated 1 hour ago


Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman — in New Hampshire this weekend to test the waters for a possible run for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination — is coming under fire from Granite State Republicans for supporting in-state tuition breaks for illegal immigrants in his home state.

Huntsman, who was slated to give the commencement address today at Southern New Hampshire University, supported a 2002 law in Utah that allows illegal immigrants to pay lower rates at state colleges if they graduate from a Utah high school or get a high school equivalency degree. The former governor, who recently stepped down as ambassador to China — a post he was appointed to by President Obama — battled his own party’s efforts to overturn the law in 2007.

“I’m going to fight it,â€