Updated 2 hours ago GETTY It has been more than a year since the International Friendship Park remains closed on the U.S. side, a situation that has led to the discontent of the park's founders and the sadness of those who used it to see their families divided by the border. "Embracing or touching someone in your family that you haven't been able to hug, who you don't know when you're going to be able to hug and especially in pandemic time, the situation becomes more difficult and more critical," said Yolanda Varona, who's been deported since 2010. She feels sorry for those people who cannot see their loved ones through that fence as she was allowed to hug her granddaughter.