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
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
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
Congressman, Journalists: Historic Surge of ‘Extra-Continental’ Immigrants Now Pouring Through Panama to US Border
By Todd Bensman as published June 2, 2021 by the Center for Immigration Studies A record 10,000 so-called ‘extra-continental’ migrants from around the world poured through the notoriously untamed Darian Gap jungle passage between Colombia and Panama, bound for the American border, during just in the single month of May, according to two journalists and a US congressman who recently returned … [Read more...] about Congressman, Journalists: Historic Surge of ‘Extra-Continental’ Immigrants Now Pouring Through Panama to US Border
Washington Won’t Let Border Patrol Arrest Human Smugglers Offloading Immigrants in Front of Them
One of the most unusual yet least-reported or publicly discussed aspects of the current mass-migration crisis is that law enforcement officers do not arrest the raft coyote smugglers anymore, even when they’re just feet away. As a result of this hands-off truce, those smugglers now freely and fearlessly do their work right in front of agents. By Todd Bensman as originally published by the … [Read more...] about Washington Won’t Let Border Patrol Arrest Human Smugglers Offloading Immigrants in Front of Them