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by Julie Liao
NYU
The shopping district in downtown El Paso, just a mile away from the border checkpoint, has many discount stores owned by Asian-Americans. These stores heavily rely on Mexican customers. Now, with a proposed border wall and escalating tension between the U.S. and Mexico, these business owners are worried.