Jan Brewer, J.D. Hayworth fire at Hillary Clinton

By ANDY BARR | 6/18/10 1:52 PM EDT


Arizona GOP Gov. Jan Brewer and Republican Senate candidate J.D. Hayworth are targeting Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. AP photo composite by POLITICO

Supporters of Arizona’s controversial immigration law are incensed that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton let it slip in a foreign interview that the federal government intends to sue the state.

The Justice Department has yet to announce a challenge to the law, but Clinton asserted during a recent interview with an Ecuadoran television station that Attorney General Eric Holder intends to sue over the law.

“President [Barack] Obama has spoken out against the law because he thinks that the federal government should be determining immigration policy,â€