Miami.- Permanent residents and citizens of the United States cry out for family reunification, in a demonstration that takes place in front of the Versailles restaurant, in Miami, on Sunday 31.
In this way, the peaceful protest bets because certain categories of family reunification are outside the restrictions of the Travel Ban, which was issued by the White House in June, and limits the entry of nationals from several countries, including Cuba.
After postponing the first call for not counting on time the permission of the police to regulate the traffic, the organizers convene the protest after obtaining the regulatory documentation.
The demonstration is scheduled from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm, at the intersection of 8th Street of the SW and 35 Avenue.
Regulations
According to the official notification, participants must remain on the sidewalks and respect the flow of traffic at all times.
In addition, it will not be allowed to block streets or use sound amplification without complying with the city’s noise ordinance.
The protest has the central purpose to request that the family reunification categories —F1, F2A, F2B, F3 and F4— be excluded from Travel Ban, a measure that has limited the entry of nationals from several countries, including Cuba.
Voices of the organizers
Edisleidys Martínez Álvarez, administrator and official spokesman of the organizing group residents and united citizens, stressed that authorization represents a decisive step for the protest to develop with order and legality: “We want to guarantee that it is a civic, organized march and within the legal framework. Now, with this permission, we can make visible our claim firmly and peacefully.”
For its part, Marina Corbillón Hernández, applicant for permission, confirmed that the organization will continue working on logistics and mobilization of its more than 300 active members to ensure significant participation.
A claim that does not stop
The organizers insist that the initial delay did not stop the strength of the movement, but that it strengthened it. They emphasize that the objective is to highlight the situation of thousands of families who have been separated by migratory restrictions for years and maintain the requirement that family categories leave the limitations imposed.
“This pause was only temporary,” the spokeswoman reiterated. “Our claim for family reunification outside the Travel Ban is still more alive than ever.”
Travel Ban
Travel prohibition was implemented in June 2025 and restricts or prohibits entry to the United States from certain countries, often for national security reasons.
These prohibitions can be “total”, which means that entry is not allowed, or “partial”, which implies restrictions for certain types of visa.
Direct impact on categories F
In Cuba, family reunification visas applicants in categories F1, F2A, F2B, F3 and F4 receive a “pink paper”, a notification type of section 221 (g) of the US Immigration and Nationality Law, which, according to the State Department, means that “the visa application needs more information or verification to make a final decision”.
However, in practice, the document, according to Cubans in social networks, means a negative visa under the restrictions of the Travel Ban.
The human impact is deep: parents who cannot see their children, brothers separated by decades and whole families condemned to live separately.
