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Five migrants from Haiti and the Dominican Republic were taken into custody by U.S. Customs and Border Protection after landing in Hillsboro Beach in Broward County, officials said.
They arrived in the Upper Keys area of Tavernier.
The immigration debate is heating up at the U.S.-Mexico border, but in South Florida, migrant encounters have actually gone down.
A smuggling vessel transporting approximately 30 Haitian migrants ran aground in the Fort Pierce Inlet on Saturday and were taken into custody, agencies confirmed.
It’s now in the hands of federal agents.