On several occasions in October 2018, President Donald Trump and some administration officials suggested that migrants from Middle Eastern countries might have traveled among the thousands of Hondurans in a U.S.-bound column. Later, the president stated he had "very good information" that Middle Eastern migrants had been traveling through Latin America for a number of years, independently of migrant columns, that "there could very well be" … [Read More...] about More than 100 migrants on terror watch lists caught at U.S. southern border or enroute 2012-2017 – New Center for Immigration Studies Report
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Securing America’s Borders
Column in The Federalist: If Recent Patterns Hold, Terrorists could end up in any Migrant Caravan
By Todd Bensman Middle Easterners do travel the same routes as Hondurans to the U.S. southern border, and rising numbers of suspected terrorists have been apprehended at the border in recent years. President Trump’s recent claim that some Middle Easterners might be among caravan members moving north from Honduras provoked a … [Read more...] about Column in The Federalist: If Recent Patterns Hold, Terrorists could end up in any Migrant Caravan
Terrorism and Homeland Security
The Federalist: A forgotten Jihadist Beheader In Oklahoma Cleared For Execution
The Alton Nolen case is very much worth remembering, along with all terror attacks that occur on U.S. soil, not just for the victims and their survivors but for lessons that must be learned. Todd Bensman, for The Federalist This fall, the U.S. Supreme Court essentially cemented the execution of America’s least known … [Read more...] about The Federalist: A forgotten Jihadist Beheader In Oklahoma Cleared For Execution
Dispatches from Army Tex-Mex Border Op Formerly Known as ‘Operation Faithful Patriot’
Photos and Video from Bensman's unauthorized visit with U.S. troops of the 19th Engineer Battalion deployed to the Texas-Mexico border Hidalgo, Texas – Unauthorized. That was pretty much the mark on my forehead as far as all the public information officers were concerned. On the morning of my second day to check in on the border military operation formerly known as Operation Faithful … [Read more...] about Dispatches from Army Tex-Mex Border Op Formerly Known as ‘Operation Faithful Patriot’