The artist had planned to unveil his mural on Sunday at a community event in El ...
EL PASO, TEXAS - The artist had planned to unveil his mural on Sunday at a community event in El Paso, the latest of his works to celebrate the life of his murdered son.
But the slaughter of 20 people at a Walmart store on Saturday just happened to intervene, turning the gathering at Las Americas Immigrant Advocacy Center on Sunday into yet another terrible vigil. Saturday’s massacre in El Paso has landed the mostly peaceful city of about 684,000 at the intersection of two of the nation’s most politically volatile issues: immigration and gun violence.
Adults and children sporting baseball and soccer uniforms from across the city lit candles at the baseball diamond where the American flag was flying at half staff. But El Paso has for months been a flashpoint in the immigration debate as the 2020 presidential campaign has heated up, with some in President Donald Trump’s administration casting it as the embodiment of a border in crisis.
The city’s population is overwhelmingly Hispanic and by far most residents are American citizens, according to Data USA. El Paso also has strong cross-border ties. The mall at which the shooting occurred is often visited by residents of Juarez, although the flow of migrants has recently slowed.
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