Word: taveras
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...Paso. He estimates that the shadow work force now shut out accounts for 30% of all sales in El Paso. Merchants on once thriving streets near the three international bridges complain that business has plummeted as much as 80%. ''Do you see any customers?'' asks retailer Adrian Tavera, standing amid towering piles of T shirts and slacks. ''I'll be gone by Christmas if this keeps up.'' Says currency-exchange clerk Margie Barrientos: ''The stealing is gone, but so are the shoppers.'' The harshest criticism comes from Juarez, where hundreds of protesters chanting ''We want to work!'' demonstrated...