While the ban applies to Haitian nationals, some Haitian Americans are speaking out about its broader implications.

South Florida leaders on Thursday denounced the Trump administration's travel ban targeting Cuba, Haiti and Venezuela, crisis-wracked nations that are among 19 countries hit with full or partial prohibitions against entering the United States.

President Donald Trump’s latest travel limitations may keep fans from the 19 named nations from seeing their athletes compete in some of the globe’s most important sporting events in the next several years,