Trump planned visit to grieving El Paso stokes debate about his rhetoric


  • World
  • Tuesday, 06 Aug 2019

Horizon High School students and community members gather for a vigil in honor of Javier Rodriguez, who was killed while shopping at Walmart, two days after a mass shooting at a Walmart store in El Paso, Texas, U.S. August 5, 2019. REUTERS/Callaghan O'Hare

EL PASO, Texas (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump, whose rhetoric about an immigrant "invasion" has alienated many in the predominantly Hispanic city of El Paso, will visit the grieving Texas border town on Wednesday after a gun massacre that killed 22 people.

El Paso has been on the front lines of the Trump administration's campaign to staunch the flow of migrants over the U.S.-Mexican border. The President in January called it one of America's "most dangerous cities" before a wall was built.

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