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Lizzie Osorio remembers customers flooding Lion Boots in early May, browsing embroidered shoes and tasseled suede dresses.

Beyoncé had four concerts scheduled in Los Angeles at SoFi Stadium for her Cowboy Carter tour. So the store tucked in Santee Alley where 24-year-old Osorio works selling cowboy boots and other Western-style clothing was the perfect stop for fans.

Osorio expected, or perhaps hoped, the store would see similar traffic at the start of the Thanksgiving holiday week.

After the tumult of President Trump’s immigration crackdown, that remains to be seen. Over the summer, several raids in the neighborhood sparked protests. But the mass arrests and fears of deportation

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