Politico is reporting that the Arizona’s anti-illegal immigration bill is putting the seats of three of Arizona’s four congressional Democrats in peril. As a result they are keeping uncharacteristically quiet about the controversial legislation:

100620_arizona_ap_218Arizona’s controversial new immigration law is imperiling a trio of centrist Arizona Democrats who are caught in powerful crosscurrents in their Republican-leaning House districts.

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For the three Democrats — Reps. Harry Mitchell, Ann Kirkpatrick and Gabrielle Giffords — the new law’s polarizing force is complicating their reelection campaigns in an already volatile year. And it’s leading them to pursue a simple strategy: avoid speaking at all about the specifics of SB 1070.

Mitchell simply said that the law is “good” if it compels Congress to tackle comprehensive immigration reform. Kirkpatrick said she opposes it, calling immigration a federal, rather than a state, issue.

And Giffords, when asked in several TV and radio interviews about her position, said she also opposes the law but only because it “does absolutely nothing” to secure the border

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