Miami. – Permanent and citizens of the United States who promote a peaceful demonstration to demand the exclusion of family categories of the ‘Travel Ban’ announces that the concentration planned for Sunday, August 24 is postponed, after they did not obtain official permits on time.
The group, identified as united residents and citizens and adds 300 active members, explained that the decision responds to the commitment to maintain the legality and order of the protest.
Edisleidys Martínez Álvarez, Group Manager and official spokesman, said that the necessary efforts are made to obtain the corresponding authorization, given the possibility of affecting vehicular traffic, and that the objective is to reschedule the protest as soon as possible.
“We want to guarantee that it is a civic, organized and within the legal framework. Not having the permits in time forces us to postpone, but we continue working to achieve it,” he said.
Demand is still valid
The spokeswoman declared that postponement does not alter the central purpose of the movement: “To ensure that the categories of family reunification –F1, F2A, F2B, F3 and F4 – are excluded from the restrictions of the Travel Ban”, a policy that limits the entry of nationals from several countries, including Cuba.
The organizers stressed that the mobilization remains as a civic, peaceful and respectful action, aimed at making visible the situation of thousands of families separated for years by migratory restrictions.
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.
