Note the "Accepting Pesos" sign at the pizza place this evening. Why would one want to use pesos 60 miles north of the border?
I’ve been gone from So CA for some years but I’d bet there are areas now that look like Mexico.
Living in a tourist town (DC in summer) I've learned that there's an advantage to cleaning the pockets of strangers no matter where they're from.
Apparently they've been doing it for years.
AP had a story on the controversy. Naturally AP they went with the "anti-immigrant" / "death threats" angle with a "good for business" slant in favor of the eatery.