On Securing America TV with Frank Gaffney. Excerpts: Frank Gaffney: You have been following, assiduously, the problem of immigration both before the Biden-Harris administration turned up and made it vastly worse. I know you have been following the second of those two, Kamala Harris’s travels in Latin America, Central America, this past week. What did you make of her pursuit of the so-called … [Read more...] about On Secure Freedom TV about Yemeni terrorist border crossers and Kamala Harris visit to Guatemala
Bensman in the News
Discussing two Yemeni immigrant terror suspects who crossed the southern border: Sebastian Gorka’s America First Radio Show
Gorka: Todd, it’s like the story was memory hold weeks ago, about Yemenis crossing into America illegally, who are on the terror watch list. What happened to that story? Did it turn out to be a case of mistaken identity? Bensman: No, it turned out to be a real story. Yemenis crossed into California, got caught in Calexico, two different instances, two or three months apart. And the CPB … [Read more...] about Discussing two Yemeni immigrant terror suspects who crossed the southern border: Sebastian Gorka’s America First Radio Show
On Newsmax’s Carl Schmitt Tonight about two Yemeni terror suspects who crossed southern border
"You have to be a pretty bad apple to make it to the No Fly LIst. One of these two Yemenis was on the No Fly List before they ever got to the border.I should point out that these two Yemenis are just two of a great many people who are on the terror watch list who crossed that border over the last three, four, five years and were apprehended at the border or even in route, in Mexico, Panama, Costa … [Read more...] about On Newsmax’s Carl Schmitt Tonight about two Yemeni terror suspects who crossed southern border
On the (Paul) Sutliffian Report discussing the surge of “extra-continental” migrants from the Middle East
Bensman: Most of the migrants, the extra-continentals coming in through the Darien Gap, were people who had been living in peace, security and relative prosperity for years in South American countries - Chile, Brazil, Peru, Argentina, those kind of countries - because they knew they didn't have a chance when Trump was in office. So they just stayed where they were. Now they're just trading up. … [Read more...] about On the (Paul) Sutliffian Report discussing the surge of “extra-continental” migrants from the Middle East
Quoted at length in The Washington Times exclusive on human smuggling prices
EXCLUSIVE: Border surge sends prices soaring; smugglers can earn 200,000 By Stephen Dinan, June 8, 2021 Excerpts: And 2021 is turning into a boom year. Based on the number of migrants and the prices they are paying, smugglers are easily on track for their biggest profits in history. “Demand is so strong that the prices are going up,” said Todd Bensman, a fellow at the Center for … [Read more...] about Quoted at length in The Washington Times exclusive on human smuggling prices
All that matters are the selfies that successful border crossers take: On Ed Martin’s Pro America Report Discussing Border Crisis
Excerpt: Ed Martin: Kamala Harris' visit to Latin America... a lot of coverage of her goofy comment when she was asked about going to the border. She said she hasn't been to Europe either. Do you have a sense of her credibility in Latin America? Bensman: I think she comes across as typical Yankee gringo who is providing messaging at cross purposes. So like all through the campaign when she … [Read more...] about All that matters are the selfies that successful border crossers take: On Ed Martin’s Pro America Report Discussing Border Crisis
On Conservative Review with Daniel Horowitz Discussing Unique Texas Initiative to Hammer Illegal Immigration
Excerpt: Daniel Horowitz: To actually show what is going on there, there is no better person to bring on than my old friend, Todd Bensman. Todd is the senior national security fellow at Center for Immigration Studies, a great outlet there. He’s also the author of a pretty new book, America’s Covert Border War. This is really about the jihadist infiltration at our border, which we’re going to … [Read more...] about On Conservative Review with Daniel Horowitz Discussing Unique Texas Initiative to Hammer Illegal Immigration
On The Nation Speaks with Cindy Drukins, Epoch Time TV
Interviewer Cindy Drukier: You reported this week that federal agents at the border are effectively operating under arrest stand-down conditions. Can you explain what that means and what you're hearing from them? Bensman: It's really like nothing I've ever seen at the border. I've spent a lot of time at the border over the years, and Border Patrol agents play cat and mouse with smugglers; … [Read more...] about On The Nation Speaks with Cindy Drukins, Epoch Time TV
Quoted in The Quint, regarding Indian illegal immigration over southern border
Fewer Indians Are Crossing Over to US, And COVID Isn’t Just Why The Trump administration’s crackdown on illegal immigrants is one reason why the border arrivals are declining. Todd Bensman, a former counter-terrorism intelligence analyst for the Texas government finds the claim that the impact of the pandemic is making Indians flee their country and take the treacherous road to the US … [Read more...] about Quoted in The Quint, regarding Indian illegal immigration over southern border
On the Ken Broo Show, Iheart Radio WLW Cincinnati, Discussing D-Day Invasion over Rio Grande
Ken Broo: Bring us up to speed on what’s been going on down there because we only see little snippets. The mainstream media doesn’t seem very interested in this anymore. Is the flow from Central and South America an open pipeline? Bensman: I was just there a couple of weeks ago, the last time. I’ve made four pretty good, long trips to the border since the inauguration, which is really when all … [Read more...] about On the Ken Broo Show, Iheart Radio WLW Cincinnati, Discussing D-Day Invasion over Rio Grande