“The best way for Iran to sucker punch the United States is in Latin America, where nobody would expect it. They have the intent to do something to the U.S. We don’t just know where or when, and that’s just the way they like it.” In this episode of the Middle East Forum Podcast, host Lauri Regan speaks with Todd Bensman, senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation's Border Security and Immigration Center, about his new report, "Time to … [Read More...] about Bensman Calls for Immediate U.S. Action Against Nicaragua Over Iran Ties: Middle East Forum Podcast
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Securing America’s Borders
New Texas Cities Join ICE Rebellion
By Todd Bensman as published November 10, 2026 in The Daily Signal AUSTIN, Texas—When Houston Mayor John Whitmire announced last week that he would scale back police collaboration with Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportations, he seems to have inadvertently disclosed the approach the state’s newly elected Democrat … [Read more...] about New Texas Cities Join ICE Rebellion
Terrorism and Homeland Security
A Greater Meaning of Omar Investigation
As published October 22, 2026 in The Daily Signal The Trump administration’s ongoing fraud probe into Somali-born Rep. Ilhan Omar’s refugee and U.S. citizenship approvals carries much more importance than many Americans realize as this political theater unfolds. The Omar affair highlights an underlying homeland security … [Read more...] about A Greater Meaning of Omar Investigation
DISPATCHES FROM A BORDER IN HISTORIC CRISIS
NEW PAPER: Time to End the Long Iran–Nicaragua Relationship
Heritage Foundation Backgrounder By Todd Bensman, October 8, 2026 Summary Before the U.S.–Iran war began in June 2025, the U.S. diplomatic and intelligence communities may have correctly viewed the Iran–Nicaragua relationship as a lower threat to U.S. citizens and interests than Iranian ties elsewhere in Latin America. That judgment merits urgent reconsideration, given the ongoing war … [Read more...] about NEW PAPER: Time to End the Long Iran–Nicaragua Relationship
Front Line Field Reports from the Greatest Mass Migration Event in American History 2021-2025
In a series of written and video reports from both sides from the US-Mexico border during 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 Todd Bensman explores the causes, consequences, and experience of the mass-migration crisis he was first to predict in a November 2020 column titled "Will We See a 'Biden Effect' at the Border?" The crisis began several months before the 2020 presidential election, when … [Read more...] about Front Line Field Reports from the Greatest Mass Migration Event in American History 2021-2025