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,

The boat intercepted on Tuesday comes one day after another boat was stopped in a similar area, carrying more than 20 migrants.

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.

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

An additional 1,500 troops have arrived at the U.S.-Mexico border after President Donald Trump declared a national emergency in one of his first official acts.

ABC 10News crews were on the scene as San Diego authorities, including police, lifeguards, and Border Patrol agents, conducted a perilous rescue operation using rafts to bring the migrants to safety.

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.

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.

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

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

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