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Separated from kids in Cuba and Haiti by Trump travel ban, parents plead for help
MIAMI — 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...Read more

Trump travel ban stuns NYC 's sprawling Haitian community
President Trump’s new travel ban has sparked widespread outrage and fear in New York’s sprawling Haitian community, by far the biggest local diaspora group impacted by the edict aimed at 12 nations.
Pastors, shopkeepers and community leaders worried out loud that their community would seek to stay out of sight to avoid any contact with ...Read more

Venezuelans in US face heartbreak after travel ban shuts door on family reunification
For Venezuelans in the United States, a new White House proclamation has reopened old wounds and deepened fears that exile in the U.S., once a certain path to safety, will now mean permanent separation from their loved ones.
On Wednesday, the Trump administration announced sweeping travel restrictions on nationals from more than a dozen ...Read more

Massachusetts bill on vehicle miles traveled in national spotlight: 'Behavioral control'
A bill pending on Beacon Hill that looks to set a statewide vehicle miles traveled reduction goal as part of the decarbonization push has ignited national backlash, with critics calling it governmental overreach.
Under the so-called Freedom to Move Act, an interagency coordinating council would be tasked with crafting a “whole-of-government ...Read more

Nearly 900,000 fewer people came to the US from Canada last month
The number of people traveling to the United States from Canada plummeted in March.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection said nearly 900,000 fewer people entered the U.S. from the north compared with the same period last year. That decline followed weeks of President Donald Trump insulting Canada by referring to then-Prime Minister Justin Trudeau...Read more

'There's been a huge drop-off': Canadians pull back on travel to Orlando
As political tensions continue to run high, predictions that Canadian travelers would shun Central Florida are becoming a reality, with hotel bookings down and airlines scaling back flights in response to lower demand.
Sandra Pappas, who owns a Disney-focused travel agency in Canada, said she started noticing the downturn in February. That’s ...Read more

Caribbean leaders push back on US travel-ban threats, ask Washington for clarity
The leaders of several Caribbean governments being targeted under a proposed U.S. travel ban say they have received no formal notifications from the Trump administration that their nation is among dozens of countries whose nationals could be shut out of the United States.
The Miami Herald was first to confirm that along with Cuba and Venezuela,...Read more