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CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico – Street vendor Patricia Ramirez stares at the thinning line of cars along Juarez Avenue and moans with dread. Ramirez is four months pregnant with her second child. She sells trinkets — everything from candy and gum to Mexican flags — mostly to people crossing the border. But there are few customers now and sales have declined …

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