Mexican theater company scheduled to perform at Chicago festival denied entry into US

By Stacey Baca
Thursday, September 26, 2019 6:14PM

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A Mexican theater company scheduled to perform in Chicago is having to cancel their shows after they say U.S. immigration officials denied their visas to work in the country.

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The Chicago Latino Theater Alliance invited the company to be part of the Destinos theater festival, which runs through October 27. The festival was scheduled to feature a dozen theater productions, but now it's down to 11.

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"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.

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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.

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