JUDY WOODRUFF: We return now to
El Paso and how that community
continues to grapple with
the weekend's deadly attack.
Our Dan Bush is there.
He has been reporting from
both sides of the border today.
Hi, Dan.
So, first, we know you have been
talking to people in El Paso.
Tell us a little of
what they're saying.
DANIEL BUSH: So, I'm here right
next to the Walmart, Judy,
where the shooting took place.
You can see maybe behind me
people from the community have
been trickling now day after
day to pay their respects,
to drop off flowers.
It's a community that's trying
to cope with this tragedy.
I spoke to one woman who was
working inside the Walmart at
the time, who said she felt
so defenseless, crouched in
an electronics aisle, that she
decided to take up shooting
classes and potentially get
a concealed carry permit.
Another mother who was not at
the scene of the shooting who
said that her and her husband
bought their 8-year-old
son a bulletproof backpack
to take to school.
El Paso's school district begins
just a little later this month.
So people are really trying to
figure out how to move forward.
And, at the same time, the
Latino community here, Judy,
in particular has been thrust
into the national debate
over race and President
Donald Trump's rhetoric
around immigration.
And I spoke to several people
here who said that they do find
the president partly responsible
for this attack and feel that
they have in fact been targeted
by the president for his
words on immigration.
JUDY WOODRUFF:
Bulletproof backpack.
And, Dan, what about
on the Mexico side of
the border in Juarez?
What are people saying there?
DANIEL BUSH: It's
interesting, Judy.
There's a mixed reaction the
other side of the border.
I spoke to a lot of people
there who said that they were
not that surprised by this
shooting.
They said that there are so
many mass shootings in America
that, to them, they have come to
accept this as a regular
part of American life.
They said that they do resent
President Trump's attacks on
Mexicans, on Latinos generally,
but that, to them, the political
debate playing out in the U.S.
doesn't really impact their
lives in a concrete way.
And another thing, this Walmart
actually is a popular shopping
destination with many people
on the other side of the border,
who said that, for some goods
like shoes and some clothes,
it's actually
cheaper to come here.
There's a bus that goes right
from the center of Juarez to
this Walmart for about $1 50.
A lot of people come up here
and said that they're going
to continue to do that, just
because these two cities on
either sides of the Rio Grande
River are so interconnected.
One man told me, Judy,
that he is going to be back
here as soon as he can.
JUDY WOODRUFF: So interesting.
Dan Bush, thank you for your
reporting, Dan Bush there
in El Paso on the border.