Mexican theater company scheduled to perform at Chicago festival denied entry into U.S

[lunasun]

https://abc7.com/entertainment/mexican-theater-group-set-to-perform-in-chicago-denied-entry-into-us/5573313/

You are talking about a production that is spearheaded entirely by women. Let's start there. The songs, the music of Yucatan is also unique. For all these reasons, that's why I thought it was important for us to present it and bring it to Chicago," Valdivia said.

A spokeswoman for the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services said the government "cannot comment" on specific cases because of privacy.

In a written denial to festival organizers, the government agency wrote that the performance is not "culturally unique," and that organizers sent "insufficient" evidence to prove otherwise.

"It's sad we have to prove its uniqueness," Saltiel said. "This show, in particular, is very culturally unique, so it's quite contradictory
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The group was to appear at the Chicago International Latino Theater Festival.

This is what we could be spiraling down towards - performance groups denied visas-perhaps a location based denial to deal with latin countries

Don’t forget the many countries experiencing a complete travel ban with denial to the US that is primarily religious based.

[atreides1]

1. Cuccinelli...

It's a group of women and we in Virginia already know that Cuccinelli has little respect for women and none for people of color!!!