'They're filling bus after bus.' By Todd Bensman as originally published February 2, 2021 by the Center for Immigration Studies AUSTIN, Texas — Hundreds of Haitian migrants who are crossing the Rio Grande border in the normally staid Del Rio sector of Texas are enjoying the first return to "catch-and-release" policies since President Donald Trump's administration all but eliminated them. … [Read more...] about ‘Catch and Release’ Resumes on Texas Border in the Face of Rising Migrant Numbers
Securing America's Borders
Border Patrol Agents, the Only True Experts, Lament Wall Construction Halt
By Todd Bensman as originally published February 2, 2021 by the Center for Immigration Studies DEMING, N.M. — Just over the horizon from this high-desert town, an order from newly seated President Joe Biden last week halted westward construction of his predecessor’s border wall. A mile or so down the line, at a section building eastward to connect with it, construction also ended. The … [Read more...] about Border Patrol Agents, the Only True Experts, Lament Wall Construction Halt
VIDEO: The Day the Sounds of Construction Died
Video from a site on the New Mexico border where the halt to wall construction has left a mile-wide gap By Todd Bensman as originally published on January 28, 2021 by the Center for Immigration Studies Near COLUMBUS, N.M. — In line with President Joe Biden's proclamation to end construction of the southern border wall, the heavy machinery that had built 450 miles of it under President Donald … [Read more...] about VIDEO: The Day the Sounds of Construction Died
Migrants in Mexico Are Growing Impatient
Frustrated that Biden hasn't opened the border fast enough, Cubans and others talk of simply rushing over By Todd Bensman as originally published January 27, 2021 by the Center for Immigration Studies CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Hawking Spanish-language newspapers on a curbside kiosk at the mouth of the Paso del Norte International Bridge leading over to El Paso, Cuban migrant Victor Manuel … [Read more...] about Migrants in Mexico Are Growing Impatient
A Final Word on the Latest Honduras Migrant Caravan, Probably
By Todd Bensman as originally published January 19, 2021 by the Center for Immigration Studies. The final sequel of the second Honduran caravan since Joe Biden won the presidential election, its modest beginnings having swelled into an angry, police-assaulting freight train of some 9,000 people, is all but written. It ended badly for the caravanners, who will not even reach … [Read more...] about A Final Word on the Latest Honduras Migrant Caravan, Probably
The Newest Caravan Won’t Succeed, but Aspiring Economic Migrants Still Expect to Be Welcomed by Biden
See: "Yet Another Migrant Caravan Forms in Honduras" By Todd Bensman as originally published January 14, 2020 by the Center for Immigration Studies As the January 15 departure date draws nigh for the latest U.S.-bound Honduran caravan, the chances that its economic migrants will reach the American border in time for President Joe Biden to be in office have fallen to the vicinity of … [Read more...] about The Newest Caravan Won’t Succeed, but Aspiring Economic Migrants Still Expect to Be Welcomed by Biden
Yet Another Caravan Forming to Test American Border Resolve
Migrants speak of reaching 'paradise', but their test of Biden may be premature By Todd Bensman as originally published January 11, 2021 by the Center for Immigration Studies Yet another migrant caravan is forming in Honduras, the latest driven by hope that an incoming Joe Biden presidency will open gates closed by the outgoing Trump administration. According to fresh media reports, … [Read more...] about Yet Another Caravan Forming to Test American Border Resolve
Migrants chanting ‘Biden! Biden!’ Rush Border at El Paso and Del Rio, Texas
By Todd Bensman as published January 4, 2021 by the Center for Immigration Studies Almost lost in the distractions of the holiday weekend, up to 400 mostly Cuban migrants the night of December 29 forced their way past Mexican immigration and over payment turnstiles on the Paso del Norte Bridge from Ciudad Juarez with a desire to force their way into downtown El Paso, according to news … [Read more...] about Migrants chanting ‘Biden! Biden!’ Rush Border at El Paso and Del Rio, Texas
Wave of “Extra-Continental” Migrants Predicted in Biden’s First Year
By Todd Bensman as originally published December 18, 2020 by the Center for Immigration Studies It bears remembering that next year’s now-broadly predicted surge of illegal immigration to the U.S. Southwest Border — much the result of the Biden campaign’s months of messaging that the incoming president will clear all obstacles and penalty for it — will include not only … [Read more...] about Wave of “Extra-Continental” Migrants Predicted in Biden’s First Year
Why the Latest Migrant Caravan — and the Ones After — Matter to U.S. Southern Border Security
By Todd Bensman as originally published December 12, 2020 by the Center for Immigration Studies The latest “migrant caravan” in Honduras has set off for the American border facing coronavirus border closures and Trump-era obstacles that dashed apart at least five earlier ones, the most recent in September. But this caravan — and especially any that follow — warrants close … [Read more...] about Why the Latest Migrant Caravan — and the Ones After — Matter to U.S. Southern Border Security