“It gives people the opportunity to have a voice where otherwise they would be afraid to use that voice, due to possible retaliation or deportation.”
Stella M Chávez/KERA
The makeshift memorial for the victims of the Aug. 3, 2019 shooting at a Walmart in El Paso.
From KERA:
On Aug. 3, 2019, a shooter at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, took the lives of 22, injured over two dozen and changed a whole community. The shooting was the worst targeting Latinx in modern U.S. history.
But as some survivors begin to process the horror, there might be a glimmer of hope: Those without a green card may now be eligible for a special visa, designed to protect crime victims.
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