Bensman in the News

Kate Delaney: Todd has just returned from the Texas-Mexico border where he found a section of border the Biden administration has left pretty undefended. Tell me what you found. What did you see, first of all when you arrived, and what were you expecting? Bensman: Most of the reporting on the border crisis has been happening in the southern tip of Texas – McAllen… they call it the Rio Grande … [Read more...] about On with Kate Delaney of America Tonight Talking About Big Bend Border Reporting Trip

WATCH THE BENSMAN SEGMENT HERE WATCH THE ENTIRE SEGMENT HERE Host, regarding VP Kamala Harris' new duty of overseeing family welfare plans in addition to the southern border crisis: "Todd, now she's got more responsibility. What has she done with the first repsonsibility?" Bensman: "I think the one border state she visited was one of the Canadian border - briefly. Look, the immigration … [Read more...] about On Newsmax National Report with co-guest Ken Cuccinelli Discussing Biden Border Crisis

Excerpt Bannon: Todd, you buried the lead. What is 'the invitation?' Biden just told NBC, 'hey, I'm telling them don't come. They shouldn't come. Don't come. Don't come...' What is the invitation? Bensman: Right, so I'm talking to a cartel smuggler on the Mexican side and I said, 'to what do you attribute your great new prosperity?' And he said, 'la invitacion.' I said, 'what does that … [Read more...] about With Steve Bannon About Biden’s “La Invitacion” to Illegal Immigrants

Excerpt from the April 28, 2021 show: Host: My friends on the left get upset when I come on the air and say the Biden rhetoric invited this. Are people at the border telling you that that is what has happened? Bensman: Yes. For more than a year, I have been going into Mexico and Central America and interviewing migrants. And this was before Joe Biden was even the nominee. It was during the … [Read more...] about On WHO Radio Des Moines/WMT Radio Cedar Rapids: Why Liberals Got It Wrong on Cause of Biden Border Crisis

Watch the April 23, 2021 segment here Excerpt: Gaffney: Where are you now? Bensman: I'm in the Big Bend Sector. I selected this area to come visit because the latest CBP data shows a 365 percent increase in apprehensions of adult illegal immigrants. This is not the family units or children; these are adults who are backpacking in huge numbers through this very rugged terrain. Gaffney: … [Read more...] about From the Texas-Mexico Border On Securing America TV (Frank Gaffney)

Excerpts Chanel Rianne: You've been at the border for the past week. What have you seen? Bensman: The reason I came to the Big Bend Sector of the border is because there's been a 365 percent increase in single adults being apprehended after coming through this vast, wilderness territory. As opposed to just a few dozen or hundreds in any given month, they've had 15,000 come through here just … [Read more...] about From the West Texas Border on One America News, Discussing New Illegal Immigration Trend

WATCH THE APRIL 22 SEGMENT HERE EXCERPT: Bannon: What is your impression down on the southern border. Are enough folks, particularly at the elected office level of the federal and state paying any attention at all or are they just letting it happen? Bensman: No, I do think that state and locals are paying attention. The Arizona governor recently started making moves. Texas Gov. Abbott has … [Read more...] about From Ojinaga, Mexico in Steve Bannon’s War Room Talking Big Bend Sector of the Biden Border Crisis

Watch the April 21, 2021 segment here Excerpt: Bannon: So where are you today, Todd? Bensman: I am in Ojanaga, Mexico, which is the Mexican town just across from Presidio, Texas. Think Big Bend National Park, big sky Texas country. Bannon: Todd, with all the other activity in the Rio Grande Valley, activity in McAllen, what takes Todd Bensman to the Big Bend Sector of the National … [Read more...] about On Bannon War Room From Mexico Talking Unreported Big Bend Sector Trend

WATCH THE APRIL 15, 2021 SEGMENT HERE Chanel Rion:  Todd, the Biden administration seems proud of the fact that they were able to get Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala to agree to send security and military forces to their respective borders in an effort to slow down the migration surge but you say this isn’t going to help very much. How so? Bensman: The problem is that the migrants themselves … [Read more...] about On One America News Discussing Mexico’s Failing Troop Deployment

Bensman Excerpt: "A lot of the immigrants who are coming in and being waved through the turnstyle are fairly well-off and can afford passenger airline tickets to go wherever they want because, you know, they don’t want to have to take the bus. The buses are… uncomfortable. Here’s what’s really happening: With the Haitians and Cubans and extra-continental migrants… they have been living for years … [Read more...] about On with Stacy on the Right (Stacy Washington) Talking Biden Border Crisis