Gleydys Sardá and her 6- year-old son during a recent trip she made to Havana to spend time with him. Sardá, a permanent resident living in Broward, is still waiting for approval of an immigrant visa, which will enable him to travel to the United States...

Gleydys Sardá and her 6-year-old son during a recent trip she made to Havana to spend time with him. Sardá, a permanent resident living in Broward, is still waiting for approval of an immigrant visa, which will enable him to travel to the United States. But a recent travel ban suspended immigration visas for families like hers. (Handout/TNS)

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 a Hello Kitty T-shirt in a video she recorded in Havana. The video was published by her mother, Lia Llanes, a U.S. permanent resident living in Miami, in one of the several Facebook groups where Cubans are discussing the new prohibitions.

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