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Was last here in february, their protests numbered in the thousands. its got to remember though, the city still has 21 funerals to prepare for. the first was earlier today and officials have said that is where this communitys efforts are going to be. you can really see that here at this memorial, which has continued to grow night after night. thousands of people have come out to sing together, to pray together, and to honor and remember those 22 people whose lives were stolen on saturday. shanno...

I was with her when she took her first steps on sunday, and she was in a lot of emotional and physical pain. today i went by and visited her again. she had this beautiful smile on her face. shes been walking a little bit more. she is full of hope. her husband is doing better. hes also in the hospital. she got to see her kids. this community is full of hope and resilience and beauty. but the other thing that i heard, chris, totally unsolicited from victims still in the hospital as they grabbed my...

That weve experienced and, unfortunately nothing much changed. >> its a blight on the nation, essentially, in my opinion. >> im a school teacher, and i walked into the classrooms and saw children from different ethnic backgrounds, i feel that diversity is the strength of this country. and so im here to support that diversity. >> reporter: supporting diversity, one of the reasons everyone we talked to was proud to be donating. >> its incredible to see that kind of turnout. and weve seen that all ...

From mexico at the time who were both european and of indigenous backgrounds. and to this very day the linkages whether theyre economic or social or cultural are strongly wedded to mexico and to latin america. that has -- that was the root of my fathers career. the reason he came here is the reason there are 2.3 million people in this larger metropolitan area. so this fantasy that the president has purposefully fed people, which has poisoned our political discourse in a way ive never expected in...

Welcoming to people from all over the country. it has the premier training facilities in the united states. el paso has always been very welcoming to all individuals of all backgrounds and continues to be one of the safest cities in the united states. on average, there are fewer than 18 homicides a year in this community. this one tragedy alone, weve now seen 22 homicides which is more than double what we see in a year and which is -- for having 18 homicides a year for a community of our size is...

Before moving to texas, they lived in colorado. >> when we livid in colorado, we lived through columbine. so this isnt the first massacre that weve experienced and, unfortunately nothing much changed. >> its a blight on the nation, essentially, in my opinion. >> im a school teacher, and i walked into the classrooms and saw children from different ethnic backgrounds, i feel that diversity is the strength of this country. and so im here to support that diversity. >> reporter: supporting diversity,...

Folks, folks all across the country, folks who are immigrants of different ethnic backgrounds feeling like a target is painted on their back. what -- why dont you want him to come? >> i just talked to another gentleman, ralph, a veteran, a vietnam veteran who stopped me and said i am being made to feel like im not american. and he feels that under this president. so as i said to the -- via twitter and i said before, words are powerful, and words have consequences. and the words hes used to dehum...

Meaning to the people carrying them out. whether or not you think that the piece of writing represents a work of intellect is hardly the point. just like these pieces of violence are connected with one another by this movement. now, when we do this kind of lone wolf story, one of the things we miss is the way that this is a big and broad social movement. it includes men, women and children, it included people all across the country, people of very different kinds of backgrounds, all coming toget...

Very different kinds of backgrounds, all coming together in what they see as a state of emergency and imminent racial annihilation. >> even calling it white -- >> and that was pushed people to action. >> even calling it white nationalism, from what ive read, it seems like a misnomer. that almost sounds like its a patriotic thing when were talking about white supremacists here. >> i think white supremacy is related but is much broader than what were talking about when we want to look at the viole...

Populated by people who came from mexico at the time who were both european and of indigenous backgrounds. and to this very day the linkages whether theyre economic or social or cultural are strongly wedded to mexico and to latin america. that has -- that was the root of my fathers career. the reason he came here is the reason there are 2.3 million people in this larger metropolitan area. so this fantasy that the president has purposefully fed people, which has poisoned our political discourse i...