Todd Bensman

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Bensman Webinar for the Middle East Forum: “Drawing Lessons from Europe’s Experience with Jihadi Border Infiltration”

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Jihadis who presented themselves as refugees to infiltrate the European Union have engaged in many attacks, including the November 2015 attack in Paris, which killed 130 people. Todd Bensman’s just-completed study of these migrant-terrorists sheds light on their numbers, characteristics, and tactics; it also finds that the United States is vulnerable. Based on the European experience, Mr. Bensman … [Read more...] about Bensman Webinar for the Middle East Forum: “Drawing Lessons from Europe’s Experience with Jihadi Border Infiltration”

Quoted by The Washington Times: Portland Protesters Shout N-Word at Black DHS Officers

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Based on Todd Bensman's July 27 Center for Immigration Studies column A Homeland Security agent deployed to help quell the violence demonstrations in Portland says protesters shouted a racial epithet at a Black Federal Protective Service officer providing security at the courthouse, according to an account given to the Center for Immigration Studies. The agent isn’t named in the account, … [Read more...] about Quoted by The Washington Times: Portland Protesters Shout N-Word at Black DHS Officers

Talking about Covid on the border with Secure Freedom Radio

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Secure Freedom Radio Podcast HOME PAGERSSABOUT With Todd Bensman, Fred Fleitz, John Mills and Kevin Freeman July 21st, 2020 Listen here: TODD BENSMAN, Senior Fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies, Writing Fellow, Middle East Forum, Author, the Federalist: What is "mass asylum fraud"?Public health issues associated with illegal immigration … [Read more...] about Talking about Covid on the border with Secure Freedom Radio

On Lifezette’s The Hot Zone about Covid-19 refugees crossing over the Mexico border

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Watch the interview here Senior Fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies, Todd Bensman has been following the explosion of COVID-19 cases being imported from Mexico, leading to huge spikes in Texas, Arizona, New Mexico and California. It's a HUGE story that the mainstream press has all but ignored. … [Read more...] about On Lifezette’s The Hot Zone about Covid-19 refugees crossing over the Mexico border

Cited in Tribune Newspaper Editorial

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Stop the Southern Covid19 Surge Cover-up The Need for Discernment and Speaking Out By Mike Scruggs- On Wednesday, July 15, more than 70 U.S. Army soldiers of the 44th Medical Brigade were airlifted from Fort Bragg in North Carolina to McAllen, Texas. McAllen is on the Texas border with Mexico. According to Lt. Col. Colin Frament, commander of the 528th Field Hospital, the primary … [Read more...] about Cited in Tribune Newspaper Editorial

Quoted in Epoch News Espanol

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Honduras police dissolve migrant caravan leaving for the United States Honduran police on Wednesday dissolved a caravan of migrants that had departed the previous day from San Pedro Sula to the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic. The contingent began the march on Tuesday from the Great Metropolitan Central of San Pedro Sula with the intention of crossing the border in … [Read more...] about Quoted in Epoch News Espanol

Quoted in The Washington Examiner

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OPINION: WASHINGTON SECRETS June 25 Examiner Link: Border agents stopping illegal immigrants exposed to COVID-19, 'several hundred' infected “Evidence continues to mount that spikes in COVID cases in U.S. border states are due to successive waves of infected people fleeing Mexico's dysfunctional and overwhelmed hospitals to get American medical care at least as much, if not more than, to the … [Read more...] about Quoted in The Washington Examiner

On NTN24 News in Latin America (Spanish-only)

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See here the program Question of Power of Tuesday, June 23, 2020, Starting Minute 4:24 24 Jun 2020 12:06 PM By: ntn24.com Trump visits the state of Arizona to remember that he remains committed to the border wall, despite little progress in its construction. How important is it to a secure border? We asked Todd Bensman, a senior national security researcher at the Center for Immigration … [Read more...] about On NTN24 News in Latin America (Spanish-only)

Global Patriot Radio about recent jihadist attacks in the U.S.

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With Paul Sutliff June 4, 2020. Tonight I have Todd Bensman, a National Security expert who asks the important questions and keeps the public informed on matters that every American should be concerned about. Todd Bensman works with the Center for Immigration Studies. Tonight we are talking about the recent two failed jihadi attacks and what they tell us about needs for changes in vetting and … [Read more...] about Global Patriot Radio about recent jihadist attacks in the U.S.