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FORTY-FIVE Haitian nationals apprehended during a recent interdiction operation on Long Island were charged with illegal landing in the Magistrate’s Court this week.
The migrants appeared before Magistrate JoyAnn Ferguson-Pratt in Long Island. Twenty-two men and one woman were sentenced to six months in prison.
One additional woman who was charged with deceit of a public officer and illegal landing was sentenced to one year and six months in prison to run concurrently.
The remaining 21 adult migrants pleaded guilty to illegal landing and were granted a conditional discharge. The judge ordered them deported at the earliest opportunity.