A sailboat reached the shores of Key West, Florida, just before daybreak on Wednesday. In the early morning darkness, 118 Haitian migrants disembarked and made a break for the shoreline, according to the Border Patrol.
Just after 4:00 a.m., the migrants were apprehended by Miami Sector Border Patrol agents with the assistance of state and local law enforcement agencies. These included the Key West Police Department and the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office.
The migrants were examined by local EMS technicians and medically cleared at the scene. According to the migrants, they spent seven days at sea during their journey to the United States. Border Patrol officials said the migrants were transported to several facilities in the region for processing and disposition of their immigration cases.
Samuel Briggs II, the Chief Patrol Agent of the Border Patrol’s Miami Sector,…
