High Seas Border Patrol

As dawn breaks, the agents head back to port for the day.
Todd Bigelow / Aurora for TIME

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As dawn breaks, the agents head back to port for the day. The federal government has increased efforts to patrol the border through a task force led by the air-and-marine branch of the region's Customs and Border Protection Agency.

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