TAMPA, Fla. — The holiday season involves traveling for many, but for several immigrant families here in the Tampa Bay area, there’s hesitancy about any travel plans.

And one has been a permanent U.S. resident for nearly 20 years.

What You Need To Know • An immigration attorney says many of her clients are hesitant to travel this holiday season • The attorney’s advice is that residents or those with pending cases carry their legal documents • She says there have been cases where immigration enforcement has stopped or questioned her clients about their legal statuses • One family shares the impact this hesitancy is having on their annual travel plans

Immigration lawyers say fewer people are traveling because of stronger immigration enforcement by the Trump administration.

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