Securing America's Borders

By Todd Bensman as originally published April 27, 2022 by the Center for Immigration Studies AUSTIN, Texas – Having covered the politically taboo threat issue of Islamic terrorist border crossings and even written a book about it, I have long had to contend with ungenerous government agencies that jealously guard all information about it from public disclosure. So few other people could have … [Read more...] about U.S. Government Now Publishing Terrorist Watch List Encounters at American Land Borders

By Todd Bensman as originally published April 26, 2022 by Townhall Media AUSTIN, Texas — In 2018, when President Donald Trump said Islamic terrorist suspects were crossing America’s southern border among Central American caravans — just about everyone with a megaphone called him a fear-mongering, anti-immigrant liar. But the sound of silence is overwhelming now that Democrats are … [Read more...] about About those 42 Terrorists Who Crossed the American Southern Border

Parsing Immigration Policy, Episode 50 Summary Texas Governor Greg Abbott ordered “enhanced safety inspections” of commercial trucking coming off the international bridges from Mexico in response to the news that the Biden administration would be lifting the Title 42 pandemic-related orders, causing migrant numbers entering the United States to potentially surge to 18,000 a day. Texas … [Read more...] about Parsing Immigration Policy Podcast: Mexican Border States Cry ‘Uncle’, Cut Immigration Deals with Texas

Mexican State of Nuevo Leon will ‘prevent illegal immigration’ on its side of the border, but details are scant By Todd Bensman as originally published April 13, 2022 by the Center for Immigration Studies AUSTIN, Texas – Gov. Greg Abbott’s week-old “enhanced safety inspections” operation at border bridges, which significantly impeded international trade from Mexico, has yielded its first … [Read more...] about Texas Governor’s Unprecedented Trade Disruption Strategy Yields First Fruit

Angry about the coming migration tsunami, Lone Star State is slowing truck traffic from Mexico AUSTIN, Texas – National media went wild over Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s  April 6 press briefing vow that he would bus illegal immigrants to Washington D.C. But they overlooked an Abbott plan I figured in a column would matter much more: “enhanced safety inspections” of … [Read more...] about Texas Hold-Em on Border Bridges

Will the Mexican government or Biden respond to an American state’s move to slow international trade? By Todd Bensman as originally published April 7, 2022 by the Center for Immigration Studies AUSTIN, Texas – In his frustration with White House policies that have unleashed an historic Noah’s Flood of mass migration through mainly Texas, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has responded with … [Read more...] about One of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s Ideas May Prove Impactful on Mexican Enforcement of Mass Migration

By Todd Bensman as originally published April 4, 2022 by the Center for Immigration Studies … [Read more...] about A ‘Silent Mariel’ Airlift from Cuba Underway Just in Time for Massive Phase II of the Biden Border Crisis

By Todd Bensman on March 16, 2022 AUSTIN, Texas — It was inevitable that Ukrainian war refugees would find their way to the utterly besieged American southern border to claim asylum. But it is in the American interest to deny and deter Ukrainians from entering this way. The first Ukrainians to generate any significant international publicity since the Russian invasion, a … [Read more...] about Notes on Ukrainian War Refugees Reaching the U.S. Southern Border

The GOP minority requested a hearing about why ICE ordered an illegal migrant on the FBI terrorism watch list to be freed despite ‘flight risk’ warning. By Todd Bensman as originally published March 4, 2022 by The Federalist USTIN, Texas –On Feb. 16, Republican Congress members asked House Democrats for permission to hold a hearing about a decision to release a suspected Islamist terrorist … [Read more...] about The Biden Admin Released A Suspected Terrorist Into The United States After He Illegally Crossed The Border

By Todd Bensman as originally published February 22, 2022 by the Center for Immigration Studies AUSTIN, Texas — In the first month of 2022, U.S. Border Patrol agents laid hands on more than two full Super Bowl stadiums worth of foreign nationals who crossed the southern border illegally, according to U.S. Border Patrol apprehensions statistics just released reflecting what happened … [Read more...] about Expanding Air Deportations Coincide with Falling Border Apprehensions