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Nafta. >> anthony: american parts assembled in mexico come back here. >> dave: right. thats part of the nafta thing. you can take it, have it here, take it over there, assemble it, bring it back. theres no tax. >> anthony: right. >> dave: its definitely been good for our community. theres a mobile home factory called solitaire. you see them all over here, people buy them. they take the stuff down there, they assemble the homes down there, and then they bring them up the road. youll see two or th...

Things, he ushered in this entire new world. with the invasion of, you know, gourmet coffee or you know, trained baristas. how did he feel about that? >> rainer: i mean, my dad made his own coffee every morning, so he wouldnt be that into the fancy coffee available now, but the people who come here now, as long as theyre contributing to being a good citizen, its actually a good thing that people are here. ♪ [ spanish radio ] >> dave: dos carne asada. tambien chili verde.

Just cross, go buy some groceries, and then go back. [ radio static ] ♪ >> dave: all right, yall, this next song is by molly ferguson of the resonators of presidio, texas. this is marfa public radio. ♪ ♪

>> dave: dos carne asada. tambien chili verde. >> chef: chili verde? >> dave: si. ♪ >> chef: digame. >> anthony: ill have a barbacoa. >> dave: barbacoa tacos. ♪ >> dave: most of the better restaurant chefs, you can find them at least once a week getting their food here, even if theyre making food down at their place. >> anthony: unbelievable. at a gas station. [ laughter ] >> dave: in the morning, everybodys here. its all the border patrol guys, like all of them. >> chef: there you go. you h...

Here. >> dave: right. thats part of the nafta thing. you can take it, have it here, take it over there, assemble it, bring it back. theres no tax. >> anthony: right. >> dave: its definitely been good for our community. theres a mobile home factory called solitaire. you see them all over here, people buy them. they take the stuff down there, they assemble the homes down there, and then they bring them up the road. youll see two or three come up the highway today. >> anthony: and whos buying those...

The river was low and they would just cross, go buy some groceries, and then go back. [ radio static ] ♪ >> dave: all right, yall, this next song is by molly ferguson of the resonators of presidio, texas. this is marfa public radio. ♪ ♪ ♪

>> dave: thanks for tuning in, everyone. youre listening to 93.5 krts, marfa public radio. ♪ ♪ >> sandro: this is where the mexican people end up living once they leave their adobes. the projects. the low-income housing. ♪ hola, ramona. como estas? dos burritos, por favor. de asado. por favor.

Now for ten years. ten years every week, and hes been on the radio for what now, three? >> primo: three or four years. >> anthony: restaurant business? >> dave: i have a burger and taco joint thats open on weekends. >> dave: burger time. >> anthony: a lot of multitasking around here. people tend to -- >> dave: you have to. >> anthony: you have to? >> dave: yeah, every job here pays $10 an hour, whether youre the attorney or the barista or the janitor. so youre going to have to work a lot of diff...

>> dave: si. ♪ >> chef: digame. >> anthony: ill have a barbacoa. >> dave: barbacoa tacos. ♪ >> dave: most of the better restaurant chefs, you can find them at least once a week getting their food here, even if theyre making food down at their place. >> anthony: unbelievable. at a gas station. [ laughter ] >> dave: in the morning, everybody is here. its all the border patrol guys, like all of them. >> chef: there you go. you have a great day. >> dave: all the laborers in town. kids, the peopl...

[ radio static ] >> dave: right now in marfa, its 75 degrees. low tonight, only 61 -- not that cool honestly. ♪ im david beebe until 1:00am. its time to go outside and look up at the stars and enjoy the place that you live. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> roger: this part of the state