Europe’s experience showcases a new terrorism travel phenomenon on the world stage: that malevolent long-haul migrants from countries rife with Islamist terrorist organizations now routinely cross land borders of western nations and do so far less noticeably when high volumes of benevolent economic migrants have overwhelmed border management systems. Are there lessons for the US? By Todd … [Read more...] about Europe’s Migrant Crisis, Still Yielding Terror, Foretells The Effects Of Biden’s Border-Crossing Boom.
Securing America's Borders
‘Extra-Continental’ Migrants Throughout the Americas Marching and Clashing Their Way Toward New Biden Border
With countries like Panama and Costa Rica now loosening their borders, the march is on in remote locations like the Chilean town of Colchane on the border with Bolivia, where police have fought a losing battle against thousands of U.S.-bound migrants since January and at the Brazil-Peru border where a caravan of 400 battled Peruvian police and military. By Todd Bensman as published March 1, … [Read more...] about ‘Extra-Continental’ Migrants Throughout the Americas Marching and Clashing Their Way Toward New Biden Border
Aspiring Immigrants, Foregoing Caravan Tactic, Massing in Northern Mexico on Biden Promises
By Todd Bensman as originally published February 19, 2021 by the Center for Immigration Studies AUSTIN, Texas — The next caravan predicted last week may not materialize amid a fresh promise by Mexico — after a furtive diplomatic pressure campaign by the Biden administration — that its troops would not allow it to pass. Through its official Twitter account, the Mexican embassy in … [Read more...] about Aspiring Immigrants, Foregoing Caravan Tactic, Massing in Northern Mexico on Biden Promises
Texas Public Policy Foundation Panel for: “Border War: How a More Porous Border will Endanger Americans
LIVESTREAM - Border War: How a More Porous Border Will Endanger Americans REGISTER HERE About this Event The new administration in Washington is opening the floodgates to hundreds of thousands of new asylum seekers and refugees. What could go wrong? Find out as Right on Immigration Senior Director Ken Oliver discusses the full range of these issues with Todd Bensman, the author of the new … [Read more...] about Texas Public Policy Foundation Panel for: “Border War: How a More Porous Border will Endanger Americans
A New Migrant Caravan Is Forming — And Biden Hopes to Crush It Without Leaving His Fingerprints
By Todd Bensman as originally published February 14, 2021 by the Center for Immigration Studies In January, international human rights groups pummeled the government of Guatemala for its use of batons, tear gas, and troops to break up a migrant caravan that had swelled to some 9,000 people mainly on incoming President Joe Biden’s promises that all who wished to … [Read more...] about A New Migrant Caravan Is Forming — And Biden Hopes to Crush It Without Leaving His Fingerprints
CIS Panel Discussion: America’s Covert Border War
Center for Immigration Studies panel February 9, 2021 for America's Covert Border War book. WATCH THE WHOLE PANEL HERE or BENSMAN'S 16-MINUTE PRESENTATION … [Read more...] about CIS Panel Discussion: America’s Covert Border War
Bensman Panelist for Center for Security Policy
Experts Say “Biden Effect” Threatens New Migrant Crisis February 11, 2021Kyle Shideler Campaign rhetoric, recent proposals for amnesty, and stripping tougher immigration and border policies implemented by the Trump Administration are resulting in a “Biden Effect” leading to a potential migrant crisis on the southern border. That was the warning of two immigration and border security experts … [Read more...] about Bensman Panelist for Center for Security Policy
‘Catch and Release’ Resumes on Texas Border in the Face of Rising Migrant Numbers
'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
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