11.   It will permit Mexican customs officers at border checkpoints to scan in the amount of purchases by Mexican shoppers coming back from the United States.

12.   Jorge Gonzales, an economist with Trinity University in San Antonio, said Mexican shoppers appear to be adjusting to the lower exchange rate.

13.   Jorge Gonzales, an economist with Trinity University in Georgetown, Texas, said Mexican shoppers appear to be adjusting to the lower exchange rate.

14.   Over triple-olive martinis and Shiner Bock at the mall restaurant, a group of Mexican shoppers discussed the plight of the peso.

15.   Retailers and mall operators are aggressively courting Mexican shoppers by advertising in local newspapers and working with travel agencies to arrange special shopping packages.

16.   San Marcos is just one of several Texas cities that does a steady business with Mexican shoppers.

17.   Still, Jorge Gonzales, an economist with Trinity University in Georgetown, Texas, said Mexican shoppers appear to be adjusting to the lower exchange rate.

18.   That would be terrific news for retailers along the border who cater to Mexican shoppers and for the hospitality industry that would entertain lots of Mexican tourists.

19.   That would represent a stunning strengthening of a peso that already has extraordinary and historically high purchasing power for Mexican shoppers in the United States.

20.   The long waits have discouraged Mexican shoppers from coming north with the kind of regularity that was once taken for granted.