Todd Bensman

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Last Interview: From Journalist to Trump Administration Senior Adviser – Hearts of Oak Podcast

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In this engaging episode, Todd Bensman, a seasoned journalist and soon-to-be policy advisor, shares his deep insights into the U.S. border crisis as he prepares to join the administration. With a rich background in intelligence and border reporting, Todd discusses the dramatic shifts in border enforcement under the Trump administration, including the significant drop in daily crossings and the … [Read more...] about Last Interview: From Journalist to Trump Administration Senior Adviser – Hearts of Oak Podcast

Coffee and a Mike Podcast: Feds to Deputize Local Cops to make Immigration Arrests – Todd Bensman

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Todd Bensman is an investigative author and is the Texas-based former Senior National Security Fellow at Center for Immigration Studies. He provides an update at the border, ICE conducting raids across America, his experience with cartels in Mexico, Haitians, protesters on college campuses, his new role in the Trump Administration, and much more. PLEASE SUBSCRIBE LIKE AND SHARE THIS … [Read more...] about Coffee and a Mike Podcast: Feds to Deputize Local Cops to make Immigration Arrests – Todd Bensman

Hold the Line (Adult in the Room) podcast: The Border Crisis in Trump’s Second Term

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Center for Immigration Studies Senior National Security Fellow Todd Bensman returns to the program to discuss the continually evolving situation along the US-Mexico Border. Bensman has studied the crisis and the response to it between multiple administrations, and talks about how things are changing in Donald Trump's second Presidential term, as well as how the Biden Administration's actions … [Read more...] about Hold the Line (Adult in the Room) podcast: The Border Crisis in Trump’s Second Term

Bensman on ‘Redacted’ Show with ‘Bombshells’: CIA coming for the Mexico drug cartels, ‘Trump may be aching to go unilateral here’

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Read the interview Transcript with hosts Natali and Clayton Morris "My jaw is on the floor!" HOST: Did President Trump's offer to send U.S. troops to Mexico to fight the drug cartels? Now, what is this about? Because nobody really believes that Mexico's got this. They clearly don't have a handle on cartel violence. The cartel is well embedded into the Mexican government. So why would they not … [Read more...] about Bensman on ‘Redacted’ Show with ‘Bombshells’: CIA coming for the Mexico drug cartels, ‘Trump may be aching to go unilateral here’

On Fox Business News: Trump’s First 100 Days, Achievements and Challenges (Transcript)

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HOST: To put that in perspective, Joe Biden released more than 4,800 illegals in a single day in December 2023. And in March, Border Patrol apprehended a little over 7,000 illegals crossing the southwest border. In March of 2024, under Biden, well, that number was more than 137,000. Joining us now, Center for Immigration Studies, Todd Bensman. Todd, good to see you. Thanks for being here. I … [Read more...] about On Fox Business News: Trump’s First 100 Days, Achievements and Challenges (Transcript)

Bensman weighs in on Fox Business News: The Border is Under Control; Supreme Court Halt to Trump’s Venezuelan deports, and More. (Transcript)

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Customs and border protection data revealing border apprehensions per day in March are down 94 percent from this time last year with only 264 crossings per day. My next guest says the border crisis is over after his recent trip to Mexico. He says it's over. Let's bring in Center for Immigration Studies Senior National Security Fellow and overrun author Todd Bensman. So Todd, tell us more. When you … [Read more...] about Bensman weighs in on Fox Business News: The Border is Under Control; Supreme Court Halt to Trump’s Venezuelan deports, and More. (Transcript)