A Coast Guard crew patrolling the Florida Straits has daily encounters with makeshift rafts hosting dozens of migrants hoping to reach the United States for a new life.
Fox News’ Bryan Llenas reports on the U.S. Coast Guard finding nearly 8,000 Haitian and Cuban migrants coming to Florida through dangerous makeshift boats in the last four months.have daily encounters with makeshift rafts carrying people desperate to reach the U.S., a voyage that can often end in tragedy.
Millard's comment comes as her crew patrols the Florida Straits, where they make daily encounters withcrammed onto unsafe rafts attempting to make their way to the U.S. to start a new life. One such encounter in June ended in tragedy, when a vessel carrying 15 migrants from the Bahamas had an unconscious person aboard who Coast Guard members were unable to revive, according to The Virginian-Pilot report.
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