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A group of migrants successfully sailed a boat into South Florida, before fleeing on foot.

The group of at least three were filmed disembarking the 30-foot sailboat after hitting the sands of Hollywood Beach Saturday morning, from parts unknown.

The unsanctioned entry occurred just before 8am, and left early morning beachgoers stunned.

People who were on the part of the beach near Coolidge Street where the boat appeared expressed awe over the situation, recalling how they thought those onboard were in need of help.

That changed when they saw that none of the group spoke English, witnesses told 7News Miami - and were in a rush to leave. The incident, currently under investigation, serves as the latest attempt from foreigners to circumvent US border security.

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'The sun came up, and them boys came up,' one Hollywood resident told the local outlet, as the 30-foot vessel remained off the coast Saturday night into Sunday morning - after crews spent an entire afternoon trying to remove it.

'We thought that something crashed or something, and 10 people jumped from [the] boat,' added another who gave his name as Leo, describing more migrants than the three seen in the clips circulating on social media.

'We asked, "Do you need help?"' he recalled. Their response? 'They [didn't] speak with us.'

Leo and other witnesses went on to call 911, after which Broward Sheriff’s Office deputies canvassed the area for migrants.

Officials with U.S. Customs and Border Protection also responded to the call to investigate, after some citizens told cops they believed the group originated from Haiti.

'I’m not shocked. It’s not the first time,' said one beachgoer under such an impression, fellow witness Jennifer DeJesus.

'I don’t blame them for coming here,' she added, pointing to the recent unrest occurring in the country.

Video plastered to social media, meanwhile, shows that at least three people struggling to make their way out of the sailboat, which had some noticeable damage to its hull.

Local news camera captured Hollywood police working painstakingly to remove the more than two-ton vessel Saturday, before giving up and leaving it moored on the beach.

The boat remained there well into Sunday, before being removed with excavators. 

Officials with the Department of Homeland Security who are handling the investigation have yet to say whether any of the men seen in the circulating footage are in custody. Their probe, as of writing, continues.

It comes a little over a month after Ron DeSantis announced he was sending more than 250 additional soldiers - and a fleet of aircraft and boats - to Florida's coasts to 'protect' the state  from vessels carrying Haitian asylum seekers, as unrest in the Caribbean nation continues into its third month.

The deployment, announced March 14, included 48 National Guardsmen, as well as four helicopters that will add to an already boisterous line of defense along the state's southern coast.

A further 39 officers from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, 30 from Florida Highway Patrol, and 23 from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission also joined the front, along with a litany of aircraft and drones and eight boats.

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