The United States Coast Guard intercepted 20 illegal immigrants on a "30-foot-panga-style vessel" off the coast of California on Tuesday.

Border crossings continued to plummet in the first weeks of the second Trump administration, a trend that began after former President Joe Biden strictly limited asylum claims.

In January, the number of migrant encounters at the border dropped to the lowest since September 2020, with 61,465 encounters, a 36% decline since the previous month and a 65% drop since last January.