Terrorism and Homeland Security

By Todd Bensman as published summer 2024 by the Jewish Policy Center In the early morning hours of May 3, a Jordanian immigrant who illegally crossed the US-Mexico border a month earlier joined with another illegally present Jordanian. Together they drove a large box truck to the entry gates of Quantico Marine Corps Base in northern Virginia. The driver announced they were Amazon … [Read more...] about Jewish Policy Center’s inFOCUS Quarterly, Summer 2024: Chronic Counterterrorism Lapses at the Border

The bad news: The migrant flood prompted by Biden-Harris policies means only a tiny fraction can be checked PANAMA CITY, Panama — In April 2022, the American public finally heard the sound of national security alarms about the U.S. southern border, when U.S. Customs and Border Protection began publishing, on a monthly basis, the numbers of FBI watch-listed terrorists caught … [Read more...] about Exclusive: Panama Border Security Chief Says Many U.S.-Bound Terror Suspects Caught in Darien Gap Region

Biden/Harris DOJ argued that names of the suspects were protected on grounds of ‘personal privacy’ By Todd Bensman as published July 31, 2024 by the Center for Immigration Studies The Biden administration has refused answer reporters’ questions, rule out terrorism, or even reveal the names of two Jordanians in the country illegally, one of whom had illegally crossed the U.S. Southwest … [Read more...] about Jordanians in Quantico Truck-Ramming Finally Identified

A ‘clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy’ and of ‘minimal public interest’ By Todd Bensman as published June 26, 2024 by the Center for Immigration Studies The U.S. government is withholding the names of two illegal alien Jordanian nationals, one of whom illegally crossed the Southwest Border, who on May 3 tried to ram a box truck into the Quantico Marine Corps base, citing … [Read more...] about Biden Administration Shields Identity of Jordanians in Foiled Quantico Attack

As published June 26 by The American Mind U.S. authorities have virtually sealed any illuminating information about the recent FBI counterterrorism arrest of eight ISIS-tied Tajikistani nationals who crossed the southwest border a year ago. They were quickly freed amid the ongoing mass migration flood and claimed asylum. Federal law enforcement acted after a wiretap investigation intercepted … [Read more...] about Analysis: How to Think About the FBI’s Arrest of Eight Tajik Border Crossers for Suspected Terrorism

Furious lawmakers promise it isn't over By Todd Bensman as published June 25, 2024 by the Center for Immigration Studies A modified version of this story published in The New York Post. See: Biden ignores SIX official requests about thwarted migrant terror attack Republican lawmakers have lodged five deadline information requests to President Biden’s Department of Homeland … [Read more...] about Biden Administration Defies Lawmakers on Jordanian Quantico Base Attack

The 'CBP One' phone app entry scheme has brought in 888 other Tajiks, plus thousands more,from nations of terrorism concern By Todd Bensman as published June 20, 2024 in The Daily Wire A multi-state FBI counterterrorism wiretap sting has rolled up eight Tajikistani nationals in three cities who had entered over the U.S. Southwest Border and were plotting some sort of … [Read more...] about The Daily Wire: After Suspected Tajik Terrorist Arrests,Little-Known Biden Border Entry Program Demands Hard Focus

By Todd Bensman as published June 17, 2024 by The New York Post House Republicans are demanding answers after an FBI counterterrorism sting in three major US cities reportedly rolled up eight Tajik nationals who’d crossed the US Southwest Border and were planning a terrorist bombing. In a new letter, House Homeland Security Committee Mark Green and several subcommittee … [Read more...] about House Committee Demands Answer on Eight Tajik Border Crossers Arrested for Terror Plot

By Todd Bensman as published June 12, 2024 by The New York Post Near-misses from the worst mass migration border crisis in American history keep coming at us like machine-gun fire. This month, FBI counterterrorism agents arrested six Tajikistani nationals on terrorism charges after they illegally crossed the southwest border from Mexico, apparently foiling a terror plot linked to … [Read more...] about NY Post: US can stop border-crossing terrorists with …Obama administration policies?

Biden DOJ press releases omitted that the Russian family man had illegally crossed the southern border and that the FBI regarded him as a high attack risk By Todd Bensman as published June 6, 2024 by the Center for Immigration Studies. A modified version of this report appeared in The New York Post As the California terrorism prosecution against Russian national Mura Kurashev progressed … [Read more...] about New: A Russian Just Convicted of Terrorism Illegally Crossed the SW Border