You could call Isabel Garcia an inconvenient woman. Inconvenient because she speaks her mind--like it or not. She has raised the ire of anti-immigrant groups and the Mexican government alike. In 2006, after Garcia was recognized for her work as the Pima County, Ariz., public defender [RETURN TO ARTICLE]
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