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,

When this happens, the odds of winning asylum significantly decline. Immigration Judge Ana Partida sat before a mostly empty courtroom on an afternoon in October, her body angled toward a television on one of the side walls.

Construction to replace the last section of the U.S.-Mexico border fence east of the binational Friendship Park resumed last week — and now plans are underway to close additional gaps along the San Diego border area following President Donald Trump’s executive orders on border security, officials said.

Troops are on the ground in San Diego as part of President Donald Trump’s promise to crack down on the situation at the southern border.