Jamie Nations, a Los Angeles actor, says the couple only wanted to visit the U.S. for the day when his fiancée was arrested and detained.

A disabled immigrant’s detention underscores the shift in asylum policies at the Mexico border since President Trump took office.

The number of migrants caught crossing the southern border illegally set a new historic monthly low in June, continuing an extraordinary lull in illegal immigration the Trump administration has attributed to its aggressive deportation efforts, preliminary government data obtained by CBS News shows.

Illegal border crossings between Mexico and the U.S. have dropped precipitously, yet left-behind items still linger. One property owner sees border security through the objects left on his property.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California said Carlos Abundez of San Ysidro, California, appeared in federal court Wednesday on charges of smuggling 14 live, bound Keel-billed toucans concealed inside the dashboard.

Long stretches of the border are under the supervision of nearby military bases, empowering U.S. troops to detain people entering the country illegally.

Annexed militarized zones on public land will soon cover nearly one-third of the U.S. border with Mexico, empowering soldiers to arrest people who cross the border illegally and facilitating new criminal trespassing charges.

Lora Ries, former Department of Homeland Security acting deputy chief of staff, told Fox News Digital that the rise in Chinese nationals who crossed the southern border illegally under the Biden administration is a "national security issue.