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On Conservative Review podcast with Daniel Horowitz

October 1, 2021 by Todd Bensman Leave a Comment

The scope of our national security problems is unfathomable. Our open border is worse than you think. We are joined today by Todd Bensman, ace border reporter and senior fellow for national security studies at the Center for Immigration Studies. He offers firsthand accounts of how our government is actively working to bring in the most people as efficiently as possible. He also warns about the … [Read more...] about On Conservative Review podcast with Daniel Horowitz

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For The Investigative Project on Terrorism: Selective Media Memory: The Carefully Excised “WHY” of the 9/11 Attacks

September 14, 2021 by Todd Bensman Leave a Comment

American media won’t speak its name – “Islamist terrorism’ – but the historic 9/11 Commission Report does and always will “But the enemy is not just ‘terrorism,’ some generic evil. This vagueness blurs the strategy. The catastrophic threat at this moment in history is more specific. It is the threat posed by Islamist terrorism – especially the al Qaeda network, its affiliates, and its … [Read more...] about For The Investigative Project on Terrorism: Selective Media Memory: The Carefully Excised “WHY” of the 9/11 Attacks

Filed Under: Terrorism and Homeland Security, Uncategorized

Inside a Cartel Smuggling Operation Into West Texas

April 28, 2021 by Todd Bensman Leave a Comment

By Todd Bensman as originally published April 28 by the Center for Immigration Studies OJINAGA, Mexico — The nine Central Americans filed single file from a Mexican customs building at the Presidio-Ojinaga International Bridge and out onto the street with no food, no plan and the heavy burden of bad luck. The US Border Patrol had caught them on a ranch about 80 or 100 miles inside Texas … [Read more...] about Inside a Cartel Smuggling Operation Into West Texas

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About Biden’s Nominee to Lead US Customs and Border Protection – WBAP Radio Dallas-Fort Worth

April 2, 2021 by Todd Bensman Leave a Comment

Host: The president has come up with a new pick to head the Border Patrol and he stays in law enforcement and he goes with the police chief of Tucson, Arizona, and his name is Chris Magnus. At first glance, you go, ‘okay, Tucson police chief, surely he knows what’s going on down there. Todd, give us some sense as to what we can expect from this new head of Customs and Border Patrol. Bensman: … [Read more...] about About Biden’s Nominee to Lead US Customs and Border Protection – WBAP Radio Dallas-Fort Worth

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In the War Room with Steve Bannon Discussing Border reporting

March 29, 2021 by Todd Bensman Leave a Comment

WATCH THE MARCH 29, 2021 SEGMENT STARTING AT MINUTE 8:32 … [Read more...] about In the War Room with Steve Bannon Discussing Border reporting

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On the Steve Gruber Show Video Podcast discussing reporting trip to Mexico

January 29, 2021 by Todd Bensman Leave a Comment

Discussing recent border trip to El Paso and Juarez. … [Read more...] about On the Steve Gruber Show Video Podcast discussing reporting trip to Mexico

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Guatemala’s Terrorist Designation of Hizballah Explained

December 7, 2020 by Todd Bensman Leave a Comment

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

Massive Stanford Ponzi Scheme Decimates Mexico City’s Jews

September 4, 2020 by Todd Bensman Leave a Comment

 *Recognized as Best Business Story of 2010, Houston Press Club By Todd Bensman as originally published by GlobalPost News in July 2009 SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Over the past 15 years, Kadima, a Jewish charity in Mexico City, has helped developmentally disabled Jews live to their fullest potential. The charity, which has 250 beneficiaries, offers day care for adults with Down Syndrome, and … [Read more...] about Massive Stanford Ponzi Scheme Decimates Mexico City’s Jews

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A Dystopian “Biden Effect:” Now in the Offing on Illegal Immigration

August 23, 2020 by Todd Bensman Leave a Comment

A Biden Effect would look like a sustained migrant crisis in which hundreds of thousands of Central Americans and others from around the world, who have by now fully absorbed Biden campaign promises,  would storm through Mexico once again in vast human caravans. By Todd Bensman as originally published by the Center for Immigration Studies A few months after President Donald Trump’s 2016 … [Read more...] about A Dystopian “Biden Effect:” Now in the Offing on Illegal Immigration

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Idea to Label ANTIFA a Terrorist Organization Neither “Crazy” Nor “Illegal”

June 3, 2020 by Todd Bensman Leave a Comment

Former President Barack Obama already designated Antifa a domestic terrorist organization, in 2016. So President Trump, assuming he knows this, is likely thinking of the much more punitive Foreign Terrorist Organization designation. By Todd Bensman President Donald Tump’s May 31 Tweeted intention to designate “Antifa” as a terrorist organization is neither “crazy” nor … [Read more...] about Idea to Label ANTIFA a Terrorist Organization Neither “Crazy” Nor “Illegal”

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