The Center for Immigration Studies published the results of a yearlong study of migrants who crossed Europe’s external borders and conducted attacks or who were arrested and killed committing terrorism crimes. This paper quantifies for the first time how many border-crossing migrants attacked in Europe and analyzes consequences for U.S. border security, among them: a moderate, high-consequence … [Read more...] about What Terrorist Migration Over European Borders Can Teach About American Border Security
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Out of Mexico: Encampment of International Migrants Reminds of Homeland Security Priority
Thousands of "extra-continental" migrants from troubled hot spots all over the world are arriving at the U.S. border. Escaping analysis is that some nations are home to militias conducting unspeakable brutalities, as well as violent criminals, Islamic terrorist groups, and murderers on various sides of armed rebellions, economic collapse, and civil wars. Is homeland security vetting them? Bensman … [Read more...] about Out of Mexico: Encampment of International Migrants Reminds of Homeland Security Priority
Report from Hungary’s Fenced Borderlands
Not lost on the Hungarians, at least, are the parallels to the current mass illegal migration from Central America over America's southern border, projected to exceed one million in 2019, and as President Donald Trump contemplates building barriers and closing the U.S.-Mexico border. Hungary's fence-with-policies model justifies consideration in an ideas-hungry United States. By Todd Bensman … [Read more...] about Report from Hungary’s Fenced Borderlands
Reporting from Panama and Costa Rica: Evidence that Central American Countries Help Middle Easterners and Terrorist Suspects Illegally Enter The United States
In December 2018, the Center for Immigration Studies dispatched Senior National Security Fellow Todd Bensman to Panama and Costa Rica to investigate President Donald Trump’s widely ridiculed assertions that suspected terrorists had been apprehended among Middle East migrants through Latin America. Hint: It was all true. Video reports, photos, and writings from the trip can be found here. and … [Read more...] about Reporting from Panama and Costa Rica: Evidence that Central American Countries Help Middle Easterners and Terrorist Suspects Illegally Enter The United States
More than 100 migrants on terror watch lists caught at U.S. southern border or enroute 2012-2017 – New Center for Immigration Studies Report
On several occasions in October 2018, President Donald Trump and some administration officials suggested that migrants from Middle Eastern countries might have traveled among the thousands of Hondurans in a U.S.-bound column. Later, the president stated he had "very good information" that Middle Eastern migrants had been traveling through Latin America for a number of years, independently of … [Read more...] about More than 100 migrants on terror watch lists caught at U.S. southern border or enroute 2012-2017 – New Center for Immigration Studies Report
Dispatches from Army Tex-Mex Border Op Formerly Known as ‘Operation Faithful Patriot’
Photos and Video from Bensman's unauthorized visit with U.S. troops of the 19th Engineer Battalion deployed to the Texas-Mexico border Hidalgo, Texas – Unauthorized. That was pretty much the mark on my forehead as far as all the public information officers were concerned. On the morning of my second day to check in on the border military operation formerly known as Operation Faithful … [Read more...] about Dispatches from Army Tex-Mex Border Op Formerly Known as ‘Operation Faithful Patriot’