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There is the occasional ship stranded in Charleston SC and there are local church groups who will put together a food & supply boat to go out there for the crew

by chiph 10y ago

There is the occasional ship stranded in Charleston SC and there are local church groups who will put together a food & supply boat to go out there for the crews. They can't leave the ship as they don't have visas. USCIS doesn't really want them to anyway, as there's no guarantee they'll return to the ship or their home country.

amazon_not 10y ago
> They can't leave the ship as they don't have visas. What's to stop them? Can't they take a life boat, head for shore, get arrested for illegal entry and get deported home? Obviously not ideal, but at least you get fed and eventually get back home.