By Todd Bensman as originally published December 12, 2020 by the Center for Immigration Studies The latest “migrant caravan” in Honduras has set off for the American border facing coronavirus border closures and Trump-era obstacles that dashed apart at least five earlier ones, the most recent in September. But this caravan — and especially any that follow — warrants close … [Read more...] about Why the Latest Migrant Caravan — and the Ones After — Matter to U.S. Southern Border Security
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Alejandro Mayorkas: A Portrait of the Intended Nominee for DHS Secretary
Will a Senate confirmation hearing recall troubling integrity scandals and heavy-handed re-direction on immigration law and fraud enforcement? By Todd Bensman as originally published on November 30, 2020 by the Center for Immigration Studies The man tapped to become U.S. Department of Homeland Security secretary, Cuba-born Alejandro "Ali" Mayorkas, would wear many … [Read more...] about Alejandro Mayorkas: A Portrait of the Intended Nominee for DHS Secretary
Homeland Security Today: Coronavirus Patients from Mexico Crossing Border and Straining US Hospitals
Mexicans sick with the virus have overrun hospitals in their own cities since at least May 2020 to the point that Mexican facilities became unable to care for new patients. Left with no care on the Mexico side, significant numbers of Covid-sick patients with green cards, dual citizenship, or border-crossing passes have exploited legal loop holes in President Trump’s March … [Read more...] about Homeland Security Today: Coronavirus Patients from Mexico Crossing Border and Straining US Hospitals
Time for a US Medical Aid Relief Operation to Mexico and Tightening the Covid “Border Closure”
By Todd Bensman as originally published November 17 by the Center for Immigration Studies AUSTIN, Texas — Two irrefutable facts militate for an immediate re-do of President Donald Trump’s original Coronavirus-containment closure order for the U.S.-Mexico border: - Mexicans sick with the virus have overrun hospitals in their own cities along the border, such as in Ciudad … [Read more...] about Time for a US Medical Aid Relief Operation to Mexico and Tightening the Covid “Border Closure”
Homeland Security Today PERSPECTIVE: Will Another Mass-Migration Tsunami Swamp the Southwest Border?
By Todd Bensman as published November 10, 2020 by Homeland Security Today AUSTIN, Texas – The impact of just-concluded national balloting likely will be felt soon along the U.S. southern border. A significant swell of illegal immigration from Mexico, Central America, and also from troubled countries around the world, is predicted. Three main sources foretell the probability of a new border … [Read more...] about Homeland Security Today PERSPECTIVE: Will Another Mass-Migration Tsunami Swamp the Southwest Border?
Trump-Red Latinos in South Texas Recoiled Against Illegal Immigration, Demonization of Border Patrol
Many Latinos on the Texas-Mexico border felt "scared shitless" and repulsed by the 2019 migration crisis when a million unvetted illegal immigrant strangers from all over the world swamped the border as Democratic voices encouraged it, litigated efforts to stop it, and promised open gates under a Biden administration. By Todd Bensman as published November 11, 2020 by the Center for … [Read more...] about Trump-Red Latinos in South Texas Recoiled Against Illegal Immigration, Demonization of Border Patrol
Terrorist Knifer in France Illegally Crossed EU Border with Migrants
In illegally entering Europe on a migrant boat, 21-year-old Brahim Aouissaoui joins scores of attacking, plotting Islamic terrorists who have crossed Europe's borders as illegal aliens since 2014, hiding among numerically greater migrants and refugees — and still come even though Europe's so-called migrant crisis supposedly ended in 2017. By Todd Bensman as published October 30, 2020 … [Read more...] about Terrorist Knifer in France Illegally Crossed EU Border with Migrants
As Mexican Hospitals Collapse, American Border Ones Fill
The Recurring Coronavirus Coincidence By Todd Bensman as originally published October 27 by the Center for Immigration Studies AUSTIN, Texas — In El Paso County across from Juarez, Mexico, hospitals once again are buckling under the weight of a new Covid-19 case influx of 300 percent in just the past three weeks, drawing intense media coverage in recent days. Hospitals … [Read more...] about As Mexican Hospitals Collapse, American Border Ones Fill
US-Bound Yemeni Migrants and their Smuggler Busted in Brazil
Operations like this are akin to blowing immigrant-smuggling bridges that connect terrorism countries, like Yemen, to the southern border and make it possible for terrorists to cross. “Not only was the human smuggler apprehended, but we were able to identify nine special interest aliens who are a potential threat to our national security.” By Todd Bensman as originally published October 21, … [Read more...] about US-Bound Yemeni Migrants and their Smuggler Busted in Brazil
Repeat Border Crossers Driving Those Border Apprehension Spikes: They’re Not Real
The increase in the apprehension statistics is largely the result of the same people trying again and again to sneak across the border, in part because the government is not subjecting repeat crossers to criminal prosecution or other deterrents for fear of spreading Covid-19. By Todd Bensman on as published October 16, 2020 by the Center for Immigration Studies U.S. Customs and … [Read more...] about Repeat Border Crossers Driving Those Border Apprehension Spikes: They’re Not Real