Travel ban shakes South Florida families with ties to Cuba, Haiti and Venezuela
President Trump's new travel ban is causing concern among South Florida families as many fear they'll no longer be able to reunite with loved ones.
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President Trump's new travel ban is causing concern among South Florida families as many fear they'll no longer be able to reunite with loved ones.
President Trump’s newly reinstated travel ban bars most visa applications several countries — including Cuba, Haiti, and Venezuela — prompting mixed reactions at Miami International Airport. CBS News Miami's Chelsea Jones has the story.
A new Trump administration travel ban impacting citizens from 12 countries — including Cuba, Haiti and Venezuela — is sparking confusion and heartbreak for South Florida families trying to reunite with loved ones. CBS News Miami's Ivan Taylor has the story.
President Donald Trump has said that the travel ban protects the United States from terrorists and public safety threats.
Morgan Rynor reports that expressed hope that the ban leads to positive change.
The travel restrictions have triggered fear, frustration and calls for action among the affected communities.
While the ban applies to Haitian nationals, some Haitian Americans are speaking out about its broader implications.
South Florida reaction continues to pour in after the Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to revoke humanitarian parole protections for nearly half a million people.
The parole program, known as CHNV, temporarily protected roughly 532,000 people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela from the risk of deportation.
Haitian Americans stranded in the U.S. say they are growing desperate as ongoing violence and the shutdown of commercial flights into Port-au-Prince keep them from returning to their home country.
Despite a Level 4 travel advisory and mounting dangers, many say their lives and work are in Haiti and they're willing to risk everything to go back.
Rebekah Antoine, an American-born public health professional, says her heart has always been in Haiti and now, she's ready to make it her permanent home.
As many flee Haiti due to political instability and violence, one South Florida woman is going against the tide and packing her bags and moving her family to the country she considers home.
Miami's Haitian community celebrated Pope Leo XIV's first Sunday sermon with pride, honoring his Haitian roots.
Miami's Haitian community celebrated Pope Leo XIV's first Sunday sermon with pride, honoring his Haitian roots.CBS News Miami's Steve Maugeri has the story.
In an interview on CBS This Morning, the Pope's brother, John Prevost, confirmed their maternal grandparents were from Haiti.
ICE is responding to allegations made by two Florida congresswomen after their visit to a holding facility in Pompano Beach where a Haitian woman died.
Marie Ange Blaise, 44, was pronounced dead at 8:35 p.m. on April 25 by medical professionals at the Broward Transitional Center, ICE said.
Packed pews, rollicking singing and emotional devotions have marked Lent worship services at Notre Dame d'Haiti, the Catholic church at the heart of the largest Haitian diaspora in the United States.
The Department of Homeland Security officially posted the notice to end protections for 530,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans to the Federal Register.
The Department of Homeland Security officially posted the notice to end protections for 530,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans to the Federal Register on Tuesday, March 25.
The Federal Aviation Administration’s announcement extends a ban on U.S. flights to Port-au-Prince that began in November after gangs opened fire on three commercial planes.
Cuba could be added to the "red list" of countries facing a total travel ban, according to CBS Miami news partner The Miami Herald which also reported that Haiti would be put on a less restrictive list.
"We are not criminals… we are law-abiding citizens," community members said at a press conference in Little Haiti.
The Haitian American community is urging the Trump administration to reconsider the decision to remove Temporary Protected Status for hundreds of thousands.
