Thousands of "extra-continental" migrants from troubled hot spots all over the world are arriving at the U.S. border. Escaping analysis is that some nations are home to militias conducting unspeakable brutalities, as well as violent criminals, Islamic terrorist groups, and murderers on various sides of armed rebellions, economic collapse, and civil wars. Is homeland security vetting them? Bensman traveled to Mexico to meet Africans. … [Read More...] about Out of Mexico: Encampment of International Migrants Reminds that Homeland Security Must Screen and Vet
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Securing America’s Borders
Facts About How a Deportable Criminal Alien Was Left Free to Kill Are Excluded from Murder Trial
A key element of Jared Vargas's murder was hermetically excluded from the trial: That murderer Ernesto Esquivel-Garcia was a criminal illegal immigrant from Mexico who could have been deported before he killed Vargas, but wasn't. Now the Vargas family embarks on a life-long quest, if that's what it takes, to find out who in the U.S. … [Read more...] about Facts About How a Deportable Criminal Alien Was Left Free to Kill Are Excluded from Murder Trial
Terrorism and Homeland Security
Appellate Court Agrees Terrorist’s Sentence Was Lenient; Kicks Back Nationally Consequential Case
Prosecutors, who’d asked for 20 years, were so outraged by the "extreme outlier" 18-month sentence of ISIS acolyte Asher Khan that they appealed to the U.S. 5th Court of Appeals. Now, with freedom looking him in the eye at just two months left on his federal prison sentence, Khan’s luck may have run out. Or has it? By Todd … [Read more...] about Appellate Court Agrees Terrorist’s Sentence Was Lenient; Kicks Back Nationally Consequential Case
Report from Hungary’s Fenced Borderlands
Not lost on the Hungarians, at least, are the parallels to the current mass illegal migration from Central America over America's southern border, projected to exceed one million in 2019, and as President Donald Trump contemplates building barriers and closing the U.S.-Mexico border. Hungary's fence-with-policies model justifies consideration in an ideas-hungry United States. By Todd Bensman … [Read more...] about Report from Hungary’s Fenced Borderlands