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INTIPUCA, El Salvador (AP) — In a quiet, cobblestoned town near the Pacific coast of El Salvador, residents are unfazed by the fact that the Trump Administration is seeking to lock up families indefinitely and ending temporary protected status for people from their country. They're still going north.
In Intipuca, immigrating to the U.S. — and particularly Washington D.C. — has been a way of life for 50 years. Going to DC is a rooted part of the community's habits, beliefs and customs. Half the town's population is there and many of its homes are empty.
Going to Washington D.C., more than 3,000 miles to the north, is a migration pattern that began in the 1960s. Some have visas and go back and forth legally.
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