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Europe’s Latest Terrorism Threat Report: Violent jihadists who killed and plotted in 2020 illegally crossed borders first

August 17, 2021 by Todd Bensman

As originally published August 16, 2021 by the Center for Immigration Studies Skeptics who deny that violent Islamic jihadist immigrants would or could ever illegally cross land borders and attack western nations in the midst of mass-migration crises will surely want to run and hide from Europol’s latest European Union Terrorism Situation and Trend Report 2021 (TESAT). The … [Read more...] about Europe’s Latest Terrorism Threat Report: Violent jihadists who killed and plotted in 2020 illegally crossed borders first

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July Apprehension Numbers Have Entered Historic Crisis Level

August 5, 2021 by Todd Bensman

By Todd Bensman as originally published August 3, 2021 by the Center for Immigration Studies In the physics of illegal immigration at the U.S. southern border, the long, sweltering days of June and July usually bring traffic to a cyclical ebb. But this June — and now July — the number of immigrants who have entered illegally has apparently defied all such physics. For the … [Read more...] about July Apprehension Numbers Have Entered Historic Crisis Level

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National Security Concern: A World of Immigrants Enticed to America’s Southern Border

August 1, 2021 by Todd Bensman

Migrants from nations the world over make up increasing percentage of those reaching the US southern border. CBP’s latest numbers show that since November, “extra-continental” migrants and those from nations beyond Mexico and Central America have more than quintupled and at more than a quarter of the 178,416 Border Patrol apprehensions at the Southwest border. Some are from failing states in his … [Read more...] about National Security Concern: A World of Immigrants Enticed to America’s Southern Border

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Townhall Media: Biden Administration Gives Assist to Jihadist Student Visa Holders

July 28, 2021 by Todd Bensman

By Todd Bensman as originally published July 26 in Townhall Media Jihadist hate for Jews allegedly inspired 24-year-old Egyptian Khaled Awad on July 1 to viciously stab Boston area Rabbi Shlomo Noginski outside a Jewish day school. Suffolk County authorities were planning to charge the Egyptian chemical engineering student with domestic terrorism-related hate crimes, and the … [Read more...] about Townhall Media: Biden Administration Gives Assist to Jihadist Student Visa Holders

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On the new SWAT BROTHERS podcast discussing America’s Covert Border War book

July 23, 2021 by Todd Bensman

Todd Bensman says the mass migration crisis on the southern border has overwhelmed the U.S. border patrol to the point where terrorists may be able to slip through. In Texas, the Department of Public Safety (DPS) state troopers work the banks of the Rio Grande as illegal immigrants flood across. Operation Lone Star is attacking both human smuggling and narcotics trafficking on air, land, and … [Read more...] about On the new SWAT BROTHERS podcast discussing America’s Covert Border War book

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United Nations of Illegal Immigration Part IV: Newly Indicted War Criminal from Africa Reminds Us of Need for Vetting

July 11, 2021 by Todd Bensman

By Todd Bensman as published July 9, 2021 by the Center for Immigration Studies Read Part 1, Read Part 2, Read Part 3LOS CHILES, Costa Rica – Five military-aged African migrants, fresh off a commercial bus in this town a few miles south of the Nicaragua border, eyed with hard suspicion several smuggler-drivers who approached them in the off-load area. The bus had brought them from Costa Rica’s … [Read more...] about United Nations of Illegal Immigration Part IV: Newly Indicted War Criminal from Africa Reminds Us of Need for Vetting

Filed Under: Securing America's Borders, Foreign Correspondence

The bogus narrative of Haitian ‘asylum-seekers’ crossing the southern border, Part 3

July 7, 2021 by Todd Bensman

By Todd Bensman as published July 6, 2021 by the Center for Immigration Studies Read Part 1 and Read Part 2 LA CRUZ, Costa Rica – A 24-year-old Haitian man  in a local motel near the bus station here – readying to move through Nicaragua – revealed a truth at sharp variance with common media and immigration-activist narratives about the large numbers of Haitians now … [Read more...] about The bogus narrative of Haitian ‘asylum-seekers’ crossing the southern border, Part 3

Filed Under: Securing America's Borders

Part II: A United Nations of Illegal Immigration A tricky, unreported route to the U.S. border from U.S. ally Costa Rica to foe Nicaragua

July 2, 2021 by Todd Bensman

By Todd Bensman as published July 1, 2021 by the Center for Immigration Studies Read Part 1 here LA TROCHA, NICARAGUA — A young woman who makes her living driving U.S.-bound migrants to smuggling guides recently snared three Haitians from a bus station and drove them through 40 miles of rolling pineapple plantations and jungle until arriving at this tough frontier “town” of nefarious birth … [Read more...] about Part II: A United Nations of Illegal Immigration A tricky, unreported route to the U.S. border from U.S. ally Costa Rica to foe Nicaragua

Filed Under: Securing America's Borders, Foreign Correspondence

Part I From Costa Rica: A United Nations of Mass Illegal Immigration

June 29, 2021 by Todd Bensman

The U.S. migration crisis in plain view at the Costa Rica-Nicaragua border Read Part II here By Todd Bensman as originally published June 29, 2021 by the Center or Immigration Studies NEAR LOS CHILES, COSTA RICA — Two Nicaraguan soldiers carrying AK-47s motored up on a single scooter and dismounted on their side of the border, a mud road and a downed barbed-wire fence. The sergeant eyed … [Read more...] about Part I From Costa Rica: A United Nations of Mass Illegal Immigration

Filed Under: Securing America's Borders, Foreign Correspondence

Major Border Wall Contractor Explains a Few Things About Texas Promise to Finish

June 20, 2021 by Todd Bensman

By Todd Bensman as originally published June 21, 2021 by the Center for Immigration Studies AUSTIN, Texas – In announcing that Texas will finish the cancelled border wall construction, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott offered few details about how his state would take on such expensive and legally complicated job. Abbot, who is facing Republican primary challengers for his job later this year, issued the … [Read more...] about Major Border Wall Contractor Explains a Few Things About Texas Promise to Finish

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