Coast Guard service members help Haitian migrants off their precarious vessel. Interdicting migrants at sea means they can be returned to their countries of origin. In fact, the majority of migrant interdiction cases actually begin as search and rescue missions and usually on the high seas, as shown here, rather than in U.S. coastal waters. US Coast Guard Art Program 2002, Ob ID # 200206, "USCG Apprehension at Sea," Thomas Picard, watercolor
