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Family and friends of the crew of the 270-foot Coast Guard Cutter Seneca wait for the ship to moor pierside in Boston, Mass., Feb. 5, 2009, following the ship's one-month law enforcement patrol to the Caribbean. During the deployment, the crew rescued more than 400 migrants from unseaworthy vessels and prevented them from illegally entering the United States. The crew also provided food, water, shelter and medical care to the migrants before repatriating them to Haiti.

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Family and friends of the crew of the 270-foot Coast Guard Cutter Seneca wait for the ship to moor pierside in Boston, Mass., Feb. 5, 2009, following the ship's one-month law enforcement patrol to the Caribbean. During the deployment, the crew rescued more than 400 migrants from unseaworthy vessels and prevented them from illegally entering the United States. The crew also provided food, water, shelter and medical care to the migrants before repatriating them to Haiti.

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