The D.C. region’s largest Salvadoran festival — and one of the area’s largest Latino heritage events — has been canceled due to fears surrounding immigration policies put on by the Trump administration.

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Organizers for Salvadoreñisimo Festival told WTOP the annual event, set to take place at the Montgomery County Agricultural Fairgrounds in Gaithersburg, Maryland, has been canceled for this year. It normally takes place in September around the time of Independence Day in El Salvador, Sept. 15, and Hispanic Heritage Month.

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