Securing America's Borders

Any stated intent to shoot illegal immigrants must be called out, condemned and reported to authorities as potential domestic terrorism By Todd Bensman as published October 6, 2022 by the Center for Immigration Studies AUSTIN, Texas –  During a recent speech I delivered in early September, two separate members of my audience here in Texas openly voiced a desire to take their firearms … [Read more...] about Is Dangerous Vigilantism Sentiment Spreading on Pro-Security Right

By Todd Bensman for The Daily Mail as published September 22, 2022 Todd Bensman is Senior National Security Fellow for the Center for Immigration Studies and author of 'Overrun: How Joe Biden Unleashed the Greatest Border Crisis in U.S. History.' He previously served for nine years as senior intelligence analyst for the Texas Department of Public Safety's Intelligence and … [Read more...] about Daily Mail: Shocking numbers show unprecedented impact of illegal immigration

By Todd Bensman as published September 15, 2022 by the New York Post The Biden administration scuttled Haiti’s plans for free elections and backed a de facto dictator in exchange for his willingness to accept deportees, America’s former envoy to the country says. Daniel Foote, the Biden- appointed former US special envoy to Haiti, says the administration has supported Dr. Ariel Henry — who … [Read more...] about PAGE ONE NY Post: Biden’s dirty deal sold out Haitian democracy

The warning signs that Biden’s White House didn’t post when it just renewed “temporary” protection to Liberians By Todd Bensman as published September 14, 2022 by the Center for Immigration Studies President Joe Biden recently gifted the latest “temporary” hall passes to thousands of Liberians who have been living in the United States since two 1990s-era civil wars. He is the sixth … [Read more...] about Dragon Master, Jungle Jabba and General Moses

By Todd Bensman as published September 13, 2022 by the New York Post AUSTIN, Texas –  Infamously now, former President Bill Clinton’s defense for his 1990s affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky rested on his artful, lawyerly definition of “sexual relations.” The president cleverly argued that, at least in his mind, he hadn’t perjured himself when he denied engaging in those acts … [Read more...] about New York Post Op-Ed: A Bill Clinton Moment for Joe Biden’s Border Scandal

By Todd Bensman as originally published August 19, 2022 by the New York Post Gov. Greg Abbott is busing hundreds of illegal border-crossers to New York, but those hundreds will become thousands for one reason: selfies. Smart-phone technology is a massive driver of migration, sending the message to Central and South America of “wish you were here.” People in Guatemala, Honduras and … [Read more...] about New York Post: How selfies fuel rise in illegal migrants

Biden Diplomacy shortens the infamous Darien Gap passage and new fast-pass Mexican visas By Todd Bensman AUSTIN, Texas – Following months of Biden administration shuttle diplomacy, multinational U.S.-bound immigrants from more than 150 countries are now finding international routes to the southern border faster, easier and less obstructed than ever before. Panama has dramatically … [Read more...] about Biden Government Opens Migrant ‘Superhighway’ Bringing World to Texas Faster and Easier than Ever 

I strongly suspect mayors, governors, school superintendents, and hospital administrators across America have been suffering illegal immigrants in silence for many months already. Now that Adams and Bowser have voiced their complaints, no one should be surprised if a new kind of Me Too movement breaks out among them, especially if there’s federal money in it for them. But rest assured that the … [Read more...] about Are Democrat Mayors Really Just Now Waking Up to the Greatest Mass Migration Border Crisis in US History?

Source: Texas governor’s April bridge closure agreement with Mexican governor has triggered major operation to head off migrant caravan By Todd Bensman as published June 15, 2022 by the Center for Immigration Studies AUSTIN, Texas — When Mexico last week granted federal humanitarian travel permits to 15,000 U.S.-bound third-country migrants who’d formed the largest … [Read more...] about Migrant Caravan Runs Face-First Into Texas Governor Greg Abbott

Despite Title 42, thousands fill buses and planes headed for the interior By Todd Bensman as originally published June 1, 2022 by the Center for Immigration Studies DEL RIO, Texas — When the time came to finally board the idling charter bus, a Cuban named George who illegally swam the Rio Grande two days earlier ran to be first in line and start his new “forever” life inside America. … [Read more...] about Border Conveyor Belt Continues Delivering Border-Crossing Immigrants to Interior America