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In this May 4, 2013 photo, workers build a sailboat on the beach of Leogane, Haiti. The 30-foot-long boats are purchased by smugglers for around $12,000 and then taken to northern Haiti to find passengers. There are no official statistics on how many Haitians have successfully made their way illegally to Puerto Rico, or how many have traveled on to the U.S. mainland. But the trend worries officials in the U.S. and the Dominican Republic, with both countries reporting that arrests of Puerto Rico-bound Haitians have soared. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)

Immigration

More Haitians using Puerto Rico as migrant route

Danica Coto, Trenton Daniel -

May 6, 2013 4:00 am

In this image released by the New Progressive Party, Puerto Rico's Gov. Luis Fortuno shows his ballot to the press as he votes at a polling station in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2012. Puerto Ricans are electing a governor as the U.S. island territory does not get a vote in the U.S. presidential election. But they are also casting ballots in a referendum that asks voters if they want to change the relationship to the United States. A second question gives voters three alternatives: become the 51st U.S. state, independence, or

Puerto Rico ousts governor, backs US statehood

Danica Coto, Ben Fox -

November 7, 2012 5:00 am