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Navarrette: A rising star to watch in New Hampshire
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New Hampshire state Rep. Marilinda Garcia speaks during the Republican National Committee summer meeting last Aug. 15 in Boston. The RNC formally renewed its minority outreach effort, introducing Garcia as one of the first four members of a “Rising Stars” program designed to promote younger and more ethnically diverse Republicans leaders. - photo by Josh Reynolds
SAN DIEGO — It’s with a chuckle that Marilinda Garcia recalls the day that her critics demanded to see her papers.Did this happen in Arizona, the state with the harsh immigration laws? No, it occurred in New Hampshire. And the demand didn’t come from conservatives who are uneasy with illegal immigrants but from liberals who are at odds with a group that they find more troubling: Hispanic Republicans.