"The show of force is having the beneficial side effect of curbing illegal drug trafficking by the notorious Gulf Cartel, according to the report from the Center for Immigration Studies’ Todd Bensman. "He reported today: 'Intelligence friends told me the Mexican cartel across the river, CDG, was angered by the U.S. troop deployment because it slowed the pace of drug smuggling and that they … [Read more...] about Washington Examiner on Bensman visit with U.S. Army: ‘Troops land at border, lay razor wire, ready tent cities, anger narco gangs’
Bensman in the News
Radio interview regarding Middle Easterners in the ‘migrant caravan’
The Morning Ritual with Garret Lewis 2 HUGE interviews about the border crisis with the "immigrant caravan" coming. We talked to Todd Bensman - Center for Immigration Studies and Brandon Judd - President Of the Nation Border Patrol Council. … [Read more...] about Radio interview regarding Middle Easterners in the ‘migrant caravan’
Bensman to Sinclair Broadcast Group: ‘Nobody has seen a cartel like this’
The Conservative Conscience: Podcast
Start at about Minute 14:31 Not only have we failed to learn the lessons of 9/11, we have done the exact opposite of what prudence should have dictated regarding immigration and border policy. Description Today I am joined by Todd Bensman (@BensmanTodd), senior national security fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies. Bensman draws upon his … [Read more...] about The Conservative Conscience: Podcast
MEF Sentry Radio: Radical Islamists Below America’s Radar (Ep. 5) August 29, 2018
Listen here, although the phone connection was poor! … [Read more...] about MEF Sentry Radio: Radical Islamists Below America’s Radar (Ep. 5) August 29, 2018
The Joyce Kaufman Show
Listen here starting at about minute 24 in the third hour … [Read more...] about The Joyce Kaufman Show
Lifezette on Bensman report: Obama’s DHS Chief Knew Terrorists Likely Exploiting Vulnerable U.S. Borders
Todd Bensman, a senior national security fellow at CIS, told LifeZette that Johnson’s memo suggests there is good reason to be concerned about the potential of terrorists to sneak across the U.S.-Mexican border. “The Obama administration was the one that saw this particular traffic coming across the border in its last year,” Bensman said, referring to notice given to individuals with potential … [Read more...] about Lifezette on Bensman report: Obama’s DHS Chief Knew Terrorists Likely Exploiting Vulnerable U.S. Borders
Globe Newswire Press Release: Terrorist Infiltration Threat at the Southwest Border, The National Security Gap in America’s Immigration Enforcement Debate
Bensman: "No serious consideration should be given to disbanding ICE without a complete understanding of the important and unheralded counterterrorism work these men and women are doing all over the globe, sight unseen. Nor any longer should national discussion about illegal immigration policy bypass the fact that hundreds, if not thousands, of migrants from the Middle East and other nations where … [Read more...] about Globe Newswire Press Release: Terrorist Infiltration Threat at the Southwest Border, The National Security Gap in America’s Immigration Enforcement Debate
Bensman report subject of The Daily Caller dispatch
Radio show host Hugh Hewitt interview with Bensman
"Listen up, a very important segment. You know I pound on newspapers a lot... It’s fun to beat them up. But I give credit where credit is due, and my guest, Todd Bensman, has written an amazing four-part series... excerpts of which I read to you in the first forty minutes of last hour. Todd Bensman joins me now from San Antonio...." … [Read more...] about Radio show host Hugh Hewitt interview with Bensman