1.   Last year, the government began offering them permanent visas, turning migrants into immigrants.

2.   The Coast Guard turned the migrants over to a Dominican Navy vessel late Sunday.

3.   The migrants were turned over to the Dominican Navy and their boat destroyed.

4.   The migrants were turned over to the Dominican navy.

5.   The migrants were turned over to the U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service.

6.   The illegal migrants were turned over to the U.S. Border Patrol in the western port town of Mayaguez early Friday.

7.   The migrants were turned over to Dominican authorities and the captain to the U.S. Border Patrol.

8.   The migrants were turned over to Dominican authorities, the Coast Guard said in a release Friday.