Tejada and CAFTA

Arlington County Board Member J. Walter Tejada's opposition to the Central American Free Trade Agreement, or CAFTA, was noted in the Washington Post. (The agreement is awaiting congressional ratification.) Tejada, a Salvadoran-born U.S. citizen, asked "Is this something that will benefit the neediest of the neediest in El Salvador? Those who will support CAFTA really want to be able to answer to the [Salvadoran] community."

The article also noted that Tejada met with Antonio Saca, the president of El Salvador, who inaugurated the second annual meeting of representatives of Salvadorans who live abroad at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Salvadorans are the biggest immigrant group in the Washington area, with more than 104,000 people.