Nora Gámez Torres

1 week ago | tampabay.com | Nora Gámez Torres |Jacqueline Charles

As Cubans on both sides of the Florida Straits come to terms with what a new U.S. travel ban means for their families’ hopes to reunite, many have flocked to social media in anguish — including children — seeking help. “President Trump, I ask you to please reconsider family reunification for residents,” said a 10-year-old in a Hello Kitty T-shirt in a video she recorded in Havana.

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Jacqueline Charles |Nora Gámez Torres |Syra Ortiz Blanes

South Florida leaders on Thursday denounced the Trump administration’s travel ban targeting Cuba, Haiti and Venezuela, crisis-wracked nations that are among 19 countries hit with full or partial prohibitions against entering the United States. “This is not only a cruel and xenophobic policy proposal – it is a blatant attempt to scapegoat an already suffering people.

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Syra Ortiz Blanes |Jacqueline Charles |Nora Gámez Torres

President Donald Trump announced a total ban Wednesday on the entry of Haitian nationals into the United States and partially limited Cubans and Venezuelans from coming into the country, as part of a broader travel ban affecting several other nations. The White House published a proclamation that “fully restricts and limits the entry” of Haitian nationals and “partially restricts and limits” the entry of Cuban and Venezuelan nationals. The travel ban goes into effect on June 9.

3 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Syra Ortiz Blanes |Jacqueline Charles |Nora Gámez Torres

President Donald Trump announced a total ban Wednesday on the entry of Haitian nationals into the United States and partially limited Cubans and Venezuelans from coming into the country, as part of a broader travel ban affecting several other nations. The White House published a proclamation that “fully restricts and limits the entry” of Haitian nationals and “partially restricts and limits” the entry of Cuban and Venezuelan nationals. The travel ban goes into effect on June 9.

4 weeks ago | yahoo.com | Nora Gámez Torres |Jacqueline Charles |Milena Malaver

Activists, lawyers and elected officials warned Friday of chaos and devastation to come after a Supreme Court decision upended the lives of half a million migrants from Cuba, Nicaragua, Haiti and Venezuela, many living in South Florida, who could face deportation to their troubled nations after losing legal protections under a Biden-era parole program.