Boat crammed with 99 Haitian migrants cut off trying to sneak onto US shores, shipped back home
Story by Jorge Fitz-Gibbon • 16h
A battered boat crammed with 99 Haitian immigrants was cut off trying to reach US shores — with the illegal migrants shipped back to the Caribbean nation, Coast Guard officials said.
The rickety, overloaded 35-foot boat was intercepted Thursday, with the Haitians then given food, water, shelter and medical attention before they were sent packing on Tuesday, the agency said.
“The Coast Guard remains steadfast in our defense of the US maritime borders and approaches with patrols in the Florida Straits, Windward and Mona Passages to interdict unlawful maritime migration attempts before they reach our shores,” Lt. Cmdr. Brent Pearson, Coast Guard liaison officer to US Embassy Port-au-Prince said in a statement.
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