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Texas Public Policy Foundation Panel: Border War, How a More Porous Border Will Endanger Americans

February 25, 2021 by Todd Bensman

Watch the February 25 panel here … [Read more...] about Texas Public Policy Foundation Panel: Border War, How a More Porous Border Will Endanger Americans

Filed Under: Terrorism and Homeland Security

TUNE IN: C-Span 2’s Book TV: America’s Covert Border War

February 18, 2021 by Todd Bensman

Location:Washington, District of Columbia, United StatesWill Air:Feb 21, 2021 | 6:35pm EST | C-SPAN 2 Airing Details Feb 21, 2021 | 6:35pm EST | C-SPAN 2Feb 27, 2021 | 1:00pm EST | C-SPAN 2Feb 28, 2021 | 8:00am EST | C-SPAN 2 WATCH IT HERE … [Read more...] about TUNE IN: C-Span 2’s Book TV: America’s Covert Border War

Filed Under: Bensman in the News, Terrorism and Homeland Security

Book Review by Andrew Harrod

February 16, 2021 by Todd Bensman

As published February 14, 2021 in The Blitz website Contrary to America’s Leftists, “that jihadists would infiltrate land borders among bedraggled war refugees” is not an “outrageous fantasy of fringe racists, nativist immigration restrictionists, and conspiracy lunatics.” So writes Center for Immigration Studies National Security Fellow Todd Bensman in his revealing … [Read more...] about Book Review by Andrew Harrod

Filed Under: Terrorism and Homeland Security, Bensman in the News

About those 11 Iranian Migrants Captured at the Mexico-Arizona Border – What Homeland Security Does With Them

February 15, 2021 by Todd Bensman

By Todd Bensman as published February 15, 2021 by Townhall Media Many Americans might have felt surprised by recent news that U.S. Border Patrol in Arizona caught 11 Iranian migrants who crossed the southern border from Mexico. But this crossing is not surprising in one insular quarter: an international cadre of intelligence and law enforcement officers who work on this chronically … [Read more...] about About those 11 Iranian Migrants Captured at the Mexico-Arizona Border – What Homeland Security Does With Them

Filed Under: Terrorism and Homeland Security

In The Daily Wire: A Border Threat So Taboo That Few Dare Speak Of It

February 1, 2021 by Todd Bensman

By Todd Bensman as originally published February 1, 2021 by The Daily Wire In the final days of his presidency and his last visit to the U.S. southern border, Donald Trump stood next to his contentious wall in Alamo, Texas on January 12, 2021 and uttered a striking claim that went entirely unreported by any traditional news media outlet. “We have terrorists from the Middle East coming … [Read more...] about In The Daily Wire: A Border Threat So Taboo That Few Dare Speak Of It

Filed Under: Terrorism and Homeland Security

Trump’s Travel Ban Fixed a Real-World Security Problem

January 20, 2021 by Todd Bensman

Its demise promises a return to peril By Todd Bensman as published January 21, 2021 by the Center for Immigration Studies A few years before President Donald Trump instituted his so-called "travel ban" on now-13 countries, the 21-year-old Sudanese citizen Mahmoud Amin Mohamed Elhassan entered the United States with his siblings and mother on temporary Legal Permanent Resident visas. At the … [Read more...] about Trump’s Travel Ban Fixed a Real-World Security Problem

Filed Under: Terrorism and Homeland Security Tagged With: travel ban, muslims, terrorists, counterterrorism

President of the United States: “Terrorists Coming Through Our Country Through the Southern Border” So Is it True?

January 19, 2021 by Todd Bensman

By Todd Bensman as published by the Center for Immigration Studies In a January 12, 2021 speech at the border wall in Alamo, Texas, President Donald Trump stated that terrorist travelers in numbers “far greater than anybody would understand” have reached the U.S. southern border. Here is the totality of the president’s statement that day at the wall, from Minute 18:24 to … [Read more...] about President of the United States: “Terrorists Coming Through Our Country Through the Southern Border” So Is it True?

Filed Under: Terrorism and Homeland Security

Guatemala’s Terrorist Designation of Hizballah Explained

December 7, 2020 by Todd Bensman

The seemingly incongruous designations are more connected with a broader U.S. strategic initiative to pressure Hizballah’s South America revenue lifelines as the group and its primary sponsor, Iran, reel under harsh U.S. economic sanctions. Hizballah reportedly was facing financial pain because of American sanctions. by Todd Bensman as published December 4, 2020 by the Investigative Project on … [Read more...] about Guatemala’s Terrorist Designation of Hizballah Explained

Filed Under: Uncategorized, Terrorism and Homeland Security Tagged With: Hezbollah, terrorism, Iran, Guatemala, Hizballah, Central America

Washington Post Story “Undoing Trump’s ‘Muslim Ban’” Perpetuated an Erroneous Narrative

December 7, 2020 by Todd Bensman

By Todd Bensman, as published December 4, 2020 by Townhall.com A December 2 Washington Post story about President-elect Joe Biden’s pledge to immediately do away with the travel restrictions on 13 countries — the inaccurately named but popularly known “Muslim Travel Ban” — perpetuated an unsupported Democratic partisan assertion that should not go unchallenged. The … [Read more...] about Washington Post Story “Undoing Trump’s ‘Muslim Ban’” Perpetuated an Erroneous Narrative

Filed Under: Terrorism and Homeland Security Tagged With: Muslim terrorism, Washington Post, terrorism, travel ban

Investigative Project on Terrorism: Ending Trump Travel Ban Portends Return to Immigration Security Challenges

November 19, 2020 by Todd Bensman

Trump’s travel ban eliminated the problem of vetting the histories, backgrounds, hearts and minds of immigrant visa applicants from ungoverned nations like Yemen, Chad, Sudan, Eritrea and Somalia, where record-keeping systems that can track terrorists are severely dysfunctional, or don’t exist. If Biden repeals it, how would the United States filter out dangerous applicants from pre-modern … [Read more...] about Investigative Project on Terrorism: Ending Trump Travel Ban Portends Return to Immigration Security Challenges

Filed Under: Terrorism and Homeland Security Tagged With: immigration, travel ban, national security, security vetting, Muslim terrorism, Islamic terror

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