By Todd Bensman as originally published January 19, 2021 by the Center for Immigration Studies. The final sequel of the second Honduran caravan since Joe Biden won the presidential election, its modest beginnings having swelled into an angry, police-assaulting freight train of some 9,000 people, is all but written. It ended badly for the caravanners, who will not even reach … [Read more...] about A Final Word on the Latest Honduras Migrant Caravan, Probably
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The Newest Caravan Won’t Succeed, but Aspiring Economic Migrants Still Expect to Be Welcomed by Biden
See: "Yet Another Migrant Caravan Forms in Honduras" By Todd Bensman as originally published January 14, 2020 by the Center for Immigration Studies As the January 15 departure date draws nigh for the latest U.S.-bound Honduran caravan, the chances that its economic migrants will reach the American border in time for President Joe Biden to be in office have fallen to the vicinity of … [Read more...] about The Newest Caravan Won’t Succeed, but Aspiring Economic Migrants Still Expect to Be Welcomed by Biden
Yet Another Caravan Forming to Test American Border Resolve
Migrants speak of reaching 'paradise', but their test of Biden may be premature By Todd Bensman as originally published January 11, 2021 by the Center for Immigration Studies Yet another migrant caravan is forming in Honduras, the latest driven by hope that an incoming Joe Biden presidency will open gates closed by the outgoing Trump administration. According to fresh media reports, … [Read more...] about Yet Another Caravan Forming to Test American Border Resolve
Migrants chanting ‘Biden! Biden!’ Rush Border at El Paso and Del Rio, Texas
By Todd Bensman as published January 4, 2021 by the Center for Immigration Studies Almost lost in the distractions of the holiday weekend, up to 400 mostly Cuban migrants the night of December 29 forced their way past Mexican immigration and over payment turnstiles on the Paso del Norte Bridge from Ciudad Juarez with a desire to force their way into downtown El Paso, according to news … [Read more...] about Migrants chanting ‘Biden! Biden!’ Rush Border at El Paso and Del Rio, Texas
Wave of “Extra-Continental” Migrants Predicted in Biden’s First Year
By Todd Bensman as originally published December 18, 2020 by the Center for Immigration Studies It bears remembering that next year’s now-broadly predicted surge of illegal immigration to the U.S. Southwest Border — much the result of the Biden campaign’s months of messaging that the incoming president will clear all obstacles and penalty for it — will include not only … [Read more...] about Wave of “Extra-Continental” Migrants Predicted in Biden’s First Year
Why the Latest Migrant Caravan — and the Ones After — Matter to U.S. Southern Border Security
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
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 hats running one of the … [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 2020 emergency closure so … [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 Juarez, to … [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?