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.
Congressional Democrats traveled to El Salvador to meet with Mr. Abrego Garcia. Senator Chris Van Hollen of Maryland met with Mr. Abrego Garcia in El Salvador in April, and came away with scathing ...
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.”