Cubans are lobbying online to reopen Parole or Family Reunification.

More and more Cubans are putting pressure on social media for the United States government to abandon its closure policy regarding the Cuban Family Reunification Parole Program, also known as Password or by its acronym in English CFRP.

Thousands of Cubans living around the world, but especially on both sides of the Florida Straits, are rejecting the interruption of the family reunification program between Cuba and the United States, a measure that, according to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), is "under review."

Two weeks ago, a group of U.S. congressmen introduced a legislative bill seeking to quickly revive the Cuban Family Reunification Program, an initiative intended to help families affected by the cessation of the CFRP.

If their efforts are successful, they could lead to the reestablishment of the CFRP, which was paralyzed two years ago due to the reduction of diplomatic personnel at the U.S. embassy in Havana because of alleged "sonic attacks" alleged by the U.S. government.

The new proposal, if approved, would give the State Department a maximum of 30 days to restart processing applications, prioritizing those that have been on hold for the past two years.

Cubans have not been indifferent to these efforts, and have stepped up pressure on senators, congressmen, the USCIS, and even the U.S. State Department itself through social media.

Tags like: #ContinueCubanCFRP, #USInterestSectionHavanaforthePeople o #Reopenthecubanparole have been among the most used on Twitter.

Over the past two years, hundreds of Cuban families have been affected by this interruption, having to endure long waits and travel abroad due to the partial closure of the U.S. embassy in Cuba.

In light of the zero-tolerance policy toward emigrants implemented by U.S. President Donald Trump, Cubans are turning to other countries that could welcome them as a second home.

But certainly none of these countries, to date, has managed to mobilize as many dreams, efforts, or emigrants as the United States has done in recent decades, when it became the country with the largest community of Cubans abroad.

According to the United States Census Bureau in 2013, there were 2 Cubans residing in that country (13), making them the fourth largest Hispanic community in that country, behind Mexicans, Puerto Ricans and Venezuelans.

A key role in this was played by the gregarious nature described by the Cuban-American community living in Florida, but above all by the advantages offered by that country's government for the entry and naturalization of potential Cuban emigrants.

The Cuban Adjustment Act and, above all, the "wet foot, dry foot policy" have been preferential resources available to islanders compared to other nations sending emigrants to the U.S.

However, the cancellation of this latter policy in the final weeks of US President Barack Obama's term, and the subsequent succession of anti-immigrant measures implemented by the current Republican leader, have constituted an effective barrier to emigrants from the largest of the Antilles.

Even those with a loved one who has settled and naturalized in the United States and eagerly awaits the moment when family reunification can be achieved have encountered countless obstacles due to the partial closure of the U.S. Embassy in Havana or the review of the CFRP.

Relatives on both sides of the aisle bear the brunt of the current hostilities between the United States and Cuba, and the hardships on immigration are no less severe. Some Twitter users even suggest "forgetting politics and thinking with love":

Directorio Cubano makes common cause with the hundreds of families awaiting the resolution of their cases and takes on this claim as its own to restart the Cuban Family Reunification Permit Program, also known as Password.

Our team understands family reunification as a Human Right, as it is defined directly or indirectly in several international agreements and treaties such as: International Covenants on Human Rights, the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and very especially in the Children's rights convention.

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