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
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
The bogus narrative of Haitian ‘asylum-seekers’ crossing the southern border, Part 3
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
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
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
Part I From Costa Rica: A United Nations of Mass Illegal Immigration
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
Major Border Wall Contractor Explains a Few Things About Texas Promise to Finish
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
A Candid Discussion about America’s Covert Border War, Long-Haul Extra-continental Smuggling on with Tripwires and Triggers Jaeson Jones
Check out Tripwires and Triggers website and support Jaeson Jone's crusade to destroy Mexico's drug cartels … [Read more...] about A Candid Discussion about America’s Covert Border War, Long-Haul Extra-continental Smuggling on with Tripwires and Triggers Jaeson Jones
If and When VP Harris Does Visit the Border, Don’t Expect Her to Go Where Its Collapse Can Be Seen
By Todd Bensman on June 15, 2021 The steeply mounting pressure for her to visit the southern border may finally prove too much for Vice President Kamala Harris. It’s looking like she’ll actually have to go now, even if dragged kicking, screaming, and fibbing to NBC’s Lester Holt. "At some point, you know, we are going to the border," Harris blustered when Holt kept … [Read more...] about If and When VP Harris Does Visit the Border, Don’t Expect Her to Go Where Its Collapse Can Be Seen
Amid Media Silence, Congressman Asks FBI Chief About Border-Jumping Yemenis
By Todd Bensman as published June 11, 2021 by the Center for Immigration Studies On April 5, 2021, U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued a press release so unusual and politically problematic for the administration of President Joe Biden that it could not possibly survive the light of even one full day in publication. It didn’t. The bulletin disappeared from the federal border … [Read more...] about Amid Media Silence, Congressman Asks FBI Chief About Border-Jumping Yemenis
D-Day on the Rio Grande? The Biden Administration Facilitates Mass Illegal Immigration
Parsing Immigration Policy Podcast, Episode 6 Summary Todd Bensman, the Center’s Senior National Security Fellow, traveled to the Rio Grande Valley in South Texas to investigate how the Border Patrol, Texas National Guard, and Texas Department of Public Safety are handling the influx of illegal immigrants. Having viewed this area – ground zero for illegal immigration crossings – by … [Read more...] about D-Day on the Rio Grande? The Biden Administration Facilitates Mass Illegal Immigration