A Border Patrol agent pats down one of four men after the group crossed the border illegally through a gap in two walls separating Mexico from the United States before turning themselves in, Thursday,

AP joined the Border Patrol for six hours in San Diego, the busiest corridor for illegal crossings much of the last year, and found no migrants until the last half-hour.

Federal agents launched targeted arrest operations while a wave of military troops deployed to the U.S.-Mexico border

A panga-style boat carrying 26 people was intercepted off the coast of Oceanside, California, after it ran out of fuel, and the passengers were later transferred to U.S. Border Patrol custody.

One by one, an ICE attorney asked Partida to move the detainees’ cases to courts closer to their new locations. All of the people who were transferred had attorneys in San Diego, including some through a county program that represents people in local immigration custody for free.

As dozens of active-duty military troops arrived along the U.S-Mexico border near San Diego within the past few days, they have become exposed to the environmental hazards many South Bay residents

The Pentagon said it has begun deploying 1,500 active duty troops to the southern border, including 500 Marines from Camp Pendleton.

Approximately 300,000 people could be directly impacted by deportations, according to research from a UC San Diego researcher.

Border officials say the attack bolsters President Donald Trump’s claims that the U.S.-Mexico border is more lawless than official statistics indicate.

The first such military flight out of El Paso, Texas, took place, bound for Guatemala with approximately 80 immigrants on board.

The I Marine Expeditionary Force is made up of about 53,000 active-duty troops, who are primarily stationed at Camp Pendleton, as well as at Marine Corps Air Stations Miramar and Yuma, and the Marine Corps Air/Ground Combat Center at 29 Palms, California.

The initial blow came with the end of CBP One, stranding thousands of asylum seekers with and without appointments