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A Cynical Shell Game: The Biden administration’s sudden concern for the Rio Grande’s Mexican fawnsfoot mussel

August 15, 2023 by Todd Bensman

By Todd Bensman as published August 14, 2023 by the Center for Immigration Studies (See related article in the Daily Mail.) AUSTIN, Texas – For nearly 30 months, White House border policies that have lured millions of foreign nationals to illegal river crossings have turned long stretches of the Rio Grande border into a disgusting, trash-clogged environmental sewer on both sides. All … [Read more...] about A Cynical Shell Game: The Biden administration’s sudden concern for the Rio Grande’s Mexican fawnsfoot mussel

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Daily Mail: Read TODD BENSMAN’s surreal tale of Biden’s battle to save river MUSSELS in the open sewer that is the Rio Grande’s illegal migrant crossroads

August 13, 2023 by Todd Bensman

By Todd Bensman as published August 12, 2023 in modified version by The Daily Mail AUSTIN, Texas — For nearly 30 months, welcoming White House border policies that have lured millions of foreign nationals to illegal river crossings have turned long stretches of the Rio Grande border into a disgusting, trash-clogged environmental sewer on both sides. Without the slightest protest from … [Read more...] about Daily Mail: Read TODD BENSMAN’s surreal tale of Biden’s battle to save river MUSSELS in the open sewer that is the Rio Grande’s illegal migrant crossroads

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NY Post: Dems hate Texas’ Rio Grande border barrier because it WORKS

August 11, 2023 by Todd Bensman

By Todd Bensman as published August 9, 2023 by the New York Post AUSTIN, Texas – If I’ve learned anything studying and reporting about illegal immigration for 15 years, it’s this: Champions of illegal immigration who don’t like a given new border-control measure will claim they never work. But when the activists really know – deep in their guts – that the … [Read more...] about NY Post: Dems hate Texas’ Rio Grande border barrier because it WORKS

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Border Sex Trafficking Cases Should Challenge Sound of Freedom Skeptics

August 5, 2023 by Todd Bensman

By Todd Bensman as published August 4, 2023 by the Center for Immigration Studies AUSTIN, Texas — The American left so hates this summer’s hit Sound of Freedom movie that their media have undertaken a campaign to discredit it. These generally assert that the film about a former ICE Homeland Security Investigations agent’s true-life crusade against cross-border child sex trafficking … [Read more...] about Border Sex Trafficking Cases Should Challenge Sound of Freedom Skeptics

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VIDEO report from the frontier: A Cold Border War Breaks Out Between Abbott’s Texas and Biden’s White House

July 28, 2023 by Todd Bensman

A new Center for Immigration Studies video report highlights Texas Governor Abbott’s “Operation Hold the Line”, which has state police and National Guard block immigrants at the Rio Grande River’s edge, and President Biden’s undermining of the state’s efforts to enforce the laws. Todd Bensman, the Center for Immigration Studies’ senior national security fellow, captures the border war, showing … [Read more...] about VIDEO report from the frontier: A Cold Border War Breaks Out Between Abbott’s Texas and Biden’s White House

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Government Report Faults Border Crisis for Premature Release of Suspected Terrorist

July 5, 2023 by Todd Bensman

‘Increased flow of migrants’ and ‘multiple mistakes’ due to Biden’s historic mass migration crisis have weakened national security Listen to Bensman discuss this case on WMAL's Vince Congolese Show, Washington DC By Todd Bensman as published July 5, 2023 by the Center for Immigration Studies In an unusual, scathing, and much-redacted public report, the Department of Homeland Security’s … [Read more...] about Government Report Faults Border Crisis for Premature Release of Suspected Terrorist

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The Federalist: The Mass Migration Crisis is Raging at Full Throttle No Matter What ‘They’ Say

June 26, 2023 by Todd Bensman

America’s beleaguered cities and towns, growing numbers of which are suffering unfunded inundation, do not care how the government let 200,000 aliens cross per month. They only care that they are here. Here are three ways it’s happening A Mauritanian (left) and Senegalese immigrant who crossed the border at Yuma, Arizona and were quickly released, at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport preparing to … [Read more...] about The Federalist: The Mass Migration Crisis is Raging at Full Throttle No Matter What ‘They’ Say

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Book Review, The Jewish Voice: ‘Overrun: How Administration Policies Created an Immigration Disaster

June 21, 2023 by Todd Bensman

BY LINDA WIEGENFELD as published JUNE 21, 2023 by The Jewish Voice “Immigration is tough. It always has been because, on the one hand, I think we are naturally a people that wants to help others. And we see tragedy and hardship and families that are desperately trying to get here so that their kids are safe. …  At the same time, we’re a nation state. We have borders. The idea … [Read more...] about Book Review, The Jewish Voice: ‘Overrun: How Administration Policies Created an Immigration Disaster

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Political Decision to End Rapid DNA Testing at the Border Guarantees Immigrant Child Abuse

June 10, 2023 by Todd Bensman

By Todd Bensman as published June 8, 2023 by Town Hall AUSTIN, Texas – “I’m thinking to myself: Horror. Horror. Horror” That was how Monica Maple, a retired assistant special agent in charge of ICE Homeland Security Investigations, described her feelings to me about when she learned last year that President Joe Biden’s government merely pared back a rapid DNA testing program at the southern … [Read more...] about Political Decision to End Rapid DNA Testing at the Border Guarantees Immigrant Child Abuse

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Breaking: Texas to Deploy Marine Barrier in the Rio Grande to Block New Surge of Immigrants

June 8, 2023 by Todd Bensman

By Todd Bensman as published June 8, 2023 by the Center for Immigration Studies AUSTIN, Texas – In the latest in his series of state-level immigration-control initiatives, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has okayed an unusual new tool: a floating marine barrier to be deployed in the Rio Grande, three sources with direct knowledge confirmed to the Center for Immigration Studies. The first 1,000 … [Read more...] about Breaking: Texas to Deploy Marine Barrier in the Rio Grande to Block New Surge of Immigrants

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