Securing America's Borders

Summary Fieldwork undertaken by the Center for Immigration Studies reveals a border now under control, offering clear evidence that the border crisis was never an unstoppable force but rather the result of policy decisions. Last week the Center sent analysts to the Border Patrol’s San Diego Sector and across the border to Tijuana, and to the El Paso Sector and across the border to Juarez. … [Read more...] about U.S.-Mexico Border Transformed Under Trump’s Policies, Bensman discusses recent border trip on Parsing Immigration Policy podcast

The Center for Immigration Studies' national security fellow, Todd Bensman, documents that Texas has shifted troopers and other state police personnel from its $11 billion "Operation Lone Star" off of the 1,254 miles of the Rio Grande River for the first time in four years. This move comes as illegal border crossings reach historic lows under President Donald Trump's new policies. Texas … [Read more...] about VIDEO REPORT: With Border Crisis Over, Texas Redeploys ‘Operation Lone Star’ Forces From Rio Grande

The move is a vote of confidence that the Biden mass migration crisis really is over: SEE VIDEO REPORT By Todd Bensman as published March 17, 2025 by the Center for Immigration Studies. A modified version of this report appeared in the March 16, 2025 editions of The New York Post After four years and more than $11 billion spent battling the worst mass migration border crisis in U.S. … [Read more...] about A Border ‘Peace Dividend’: Texas ‘Operation Lone Star’ Shifts Police Off the Rio Grande

Most of the Venezuelans who illegally crossed the U.S. southern border were living in 20 other peaceful countries for years beforehand. By Todd Bensman as published March 11, 2025 by The Federalist The agreement that President Donald Trump in January foisted on leftist Venezuelan strongman Nicolas Maduro to accept thousands of Venezuelan air deportees is teetering. Maduro is mad … [Read more...] about Trump Doesn’t Need Maduro’s Cooperation To Deport Venezuelan Migrants

Neither the border nor the “immigration system” were ever “broken. By Todd Bensman as published March 5, 2025 by The Daily Wire AUSTIN, Texas – Following Donald Trump’s inauguration, it took his new administration all of an hour to bring the greatest mass migration border crisis in American history to a shuddering halt, with the first full month of apprehension numbers in February … [Read more...] about How Trump’s Suddenly Secure Border Forever Debunks Dem Immigration Theories

Parsing Immigration Policy, Episode 193 By Todd Bensman and Jaeson Jones on February 27, 2025 Summary The latest episode of the Center for Immigration Studies podcast series features guest host Senior National Security Fellow Todd Bensman in conversation with Jaeson Jones, a leading expert on Mexican cartels and a border correspondent. This timely discussion highlights the recent … [Read more...] about Bensman Guest Hosts Podcast: Interviews Jaeson Jones on ‘Implications of Labeling Cartels as Terrorist Groups’

By Todd Bensman as published February 20, 2025 by the Center for Immigration Studies A former state police officer in Brazil arrested and charged in Brazil for taking part in the murder of 11 teenagers but who still got into the United States on a tourist visa and stayed for years is the latest addition to the Center for Immigration Studies National Security Vetting Failures Database. The entry … [Read more...] about Brazilian Who Committed Mass Murder Thrice Slipped National Security Vetting Added to CIS Database

By Todd Bensman as published February 18, 2025 by The New York Post The latest liberal outrage over President Trump’s border policies is the fact that some migrant criminals have been handcuffed and shackled for their flights back home. India objected when a C-17 arrived in New Delhi with 104 restrained deportees. And Colombian President Gustavo Petro set off a brief diplomatic … [Read more...] about NY Post: Riots and hijackings — why ICE cuffs and shackles some deportees

Mexico’s demand to suppress U.S. gun trafficking is unmoored from facts By Todd Bensman as published February 19, 2025 by The American Mind AUSTIN, Texas – President Trump’s recent deal with Mexico has Mexico deploying 10,000 troops to the border. But America’s commitments in agreement have gone insufficiently examined.   “For the first time, the U.S. government will work jointly … [Read more...] about American Guns are Not to Blame for Mexico’s Cartel Problem

By Todd Bensman as published February 12, 2025 by the Center for Immigration Studies Abrutal prison camp guard supervisor who oversaw horrific human rights atrocities during the Bosnian civil war, but who managed to gain a green card and U.S. citizenship anyway, is the latest addition to the Center for Immigration Studies National Security Vetting Failures Database. The entry brings the … [Read more...] about Bosnian War Criminal Who Twice Slipped National Security Vetting Added to CIS Database