We call it that for a reason. I've heard it described by a poet as the two cities are lungs breathing in the same body. They rise and they fall together. There are 80, 90,000 people that live and work in El Paso, that live in El Paso, that go work across in Juarez every day and vice versa. There are Mexicans that own property in El Paso. They're business partners of the people in El Paso. They make our community thrive. (02:27–02:37)
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Asserts that 80,000 to 90,000 people commute between El Paso and Ciudad Juarez daily.
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