like you point out, the community of el paso, it is a very fluid city across both sides of the border. both sides of the border work quite well and intrinsically with one another. what would you expect leadership in texas and in washington to actually say because if the language of invasion has been a part of this conversation coming out of the white house, and that s the kind of language that we re seeing what could they possibly say? what could the president possibly say in your view, and you re running for president, what would you expect him to say? yeah, i think this is moment where you need to specifically describe immigrants as being a source of strength and also safety and security for this country. we know the numbers bear this out that immigrants commit crimes at a far lower rate than those born in this country, and yet despite that the president has been trying to stoke and instill fear in this country
short period of time nine people were fatally killed and, you know, over 20 injured. and so, you know, i think being the 250th city this year to have gone through a mass shooting, i just have to beg the question is when is enough, enough? it s difficult to escape the reality that both ohio and texas are states with very liberal gun laws. and it s easier to get guns in some states than others and these are two. should gun laws in your state in your view, madam mayor, be looked at again? we ve always been an advocate, i m proud to be a part of every town, for us right now in the community we re trying just to hold our loved ones really close, really help our victims and the families of those that have whose life have been completely changed because of this devastating act.
it out and apprehend these folks squer or at least to disrupt their plans before these kinds of events happen. i also want to make sure that of course right now we re doing everything we can in el paso and dayton and other communities that have been struck by this kind of violence to attend to the needs of the family members and the community there. i was very inspired like i m sure a lot of americans have been and seen the long lines of people there to donate blood in el paso and they were all of different backgrounds because people had that spirit to them. they want to do something for their neighbors. and finally i would just say, joy, as many people have said, i know there s a lot of frustration out there that common sense gun reform has not already been enacted when 90% of people in this country support universal background checks when we know we can cut down on this kind of violence because we ve seen it done in other countries.
feeling targeted because of this constant language of endangerment, it s very specific to a community? well, the first thing i would say is that we know that the vast majority of people of different backgrounds don t think anything like this. that this does not reflect who we are as a country. certainly not who we should be, that we have this fringe element of people who are engaging in white supremacy and in white terrorism. but that doesn t reflect who we are, so i would say your question was what would i say to the latinex community, is we know in communities like san antonio and el paso and so many others the community in texas and so many others have built these communities where people of different backgrounds get