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Washington El Salvador-American Day
In Washington D.C. El Salvadorians gathered Sunday to celebrate the first Salvadorian-American Day, a national event honoring immigrants from the tiny Central American nation, reflecting the oversized impact they have had on the U.S.
In a move that underscores the growing political importance of the immigrant community, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a resolution on July 18 declaring Aug. 6 as Salvadoran-American Day, recognizing Salvadorans in the U.S. for their "hard work, dedication, and contribution to the stability and well-being of the United States."
On one hand, a celebration of an immigrant population coming into its own; on the other, the holiday was a small tribute coming from the same congressional body that last year voted to criminalize illegal immigration and erect over 700 miles of fencing along the U.S.-Mexican border.
Metropolitan Washington has the second-highest population of Salvadorans in the country, trailing only Los Angeles.
The wave of immigrants from El Salvador - Central American's smallest country - is one of the fastest growing, nearly doubling between 2000 and 2004, when the Census counted 1,201,002 nationwide.
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