Trump policy on border jumpers empowers use of 'maximum consequences,' border agent tells Fox

"We have changed from a posture of catch-and-release to providing maximum consequences to the greatest extent possible for anyone and everyone who crosses," San Diego Sector acting Chief Patrol Agent Jeffrey Stalnaker told Fox News Digital.

That reality has been in the typically busy San Diego border sector, Stalnaker said, a shift he credited to the new administration in the White House.

"Once the new administration came in, we are able to exercise and provide consequences to the greatest extent, which then gets [illegal migrants] either jail time and/or provide them a repatriation to the country where they began their journey to the United States," Stalnaker said.

"We also have our DOD partners with us here," Stalnaker said. "They're a great partner, we enjoy having them out here, and the help they're providing to us assists us with our mission."

"We are the engineers that are conducting the construction down on the southern border in order to reinforce the existing primary and secondary barrier that exists in the San Diego sector," Lt. Col. Tyrone Barrion, the commanding officer of Task Force Sapper, told Fox News Digital, noting that the Marines' efforts have created an "obstacle that disrupts any type of activity that tries to cross over the top or through the barrier."

"That allows more reaction time for border patrol," he added.

The all-hands-on-deck approach since the start of the Trump administration has contributed to the successful missions, Stalnaker said.

"It's a force multiplier, it assists us to accomplish our mission," Stalnaker said. "And it's not just DOD, there are additional federal partners, state and local partners, we have extremely good partnerships here in the San Diego sector that act as force multipliers. And it's that whole og government approach that it takes for us to accomplish our mission."