WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news release:

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Coast Guard, Dominican Republic Navy rescue 61 alien migrants from sinking vessel

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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Winslow Griesser and two Dominican Republic Navy vessels rescued 61 alien migrants Monday morning from a grossly overloaded, sinking vessel in Atlantic Ocean waters off Dominican Republic. . . .

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