El Salvador, Maryland and Abrego Garcia
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Fears surrounding U.S. Immigration and Customs enforcement have led to the cancellation of a large annual festival in Maryland celebrating the people and culture of El Salvador. This year’s Salvadoreñisimo Festival was set to take place in Gaithersburg in September at the Montgomery County Agricultural Fairgrounds.
The Salvadoran government knew we were coming to see him. We notified their embassy in Washington, local officials, and our own ambassador to the country. Yet, they shut us out.”