Coast Guard stops 104 Haitian migrants in boat off Miami coast

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The U.S. Coast Guard stopped a boat with more than 100 migrants on board this weekend after the vessel attempted to sail from Haiti to Florida.

The incident took place Sunday, when an eyewitness called in the suspicious activity, a regional Coast Guard spokesman told the Washington Examiner on Monday. A statement from the Department of Homeland Security dubbed the eyewitness a “Good Sam” for reporting a “migrant voyage.”

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