Todd Bensman

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Securing U.S. Borders

Notes on Ukrainian War Refugees Reaching the U.S. Southern Border

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By Todd Bensman on March 16, 2022 AUSTIN, Texas — It was inevitable that Ukrainian war refugees would find their way to the utterly besieged American southern border to claim asylum. But it is in the American interest to deny and deter Ukrainians from entering this way. The first Ukrainians to generate any significant international publicity since the Russian invasion, a … [Read more...] about Notes on Ukrainian War Refugees Reaching the U.S. Southern Border

The Biden Admin Released A Suspected Terrorist Into The United States After He Illegally Crossed The Border

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The GOP minority requested a hearing about why ICE ordered an illegal migrant on the FBI terrorism watch list to be freed despite ‘flight risk’ warning. By Todd Bensman as originally published March 4, 2022 by The Federalist USTIN, Texas –On Feb. 16, Republican Congress members asked House Democrats for permission to hold a hearing about a decision to release a suspected Islamist terrorist … [Read more...] about The Biden Admin Released A Suspected Terrorist Into The United States After He Illegally Crossed The Border

Expanding Air Deportations Coincide with Falling Border Apprehensions

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By Todd Bensman as originally published February 22, 2022 by the Center for Immigration Studies AUSTIN, Texas — In the first month of 2022, U.S. Border Patrol agents laid hands on more than two full Super Bowl stadiums worth of foreign nationals who crossed the southern border illegally, according to U.S. Border Patrol apprehensions statistics just released reflecting what happened … [Read more...] about Expanding Air Deportations Coincide with Falling Border Apprehensions

Report: Biden’s ICE Headquarters Ordered Release of Border-Crossing Terrorist Suspect from Venezuela Despite FBI Recommendation

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A Lebanon-born Venezuelan on the FBI’s Terrorism Watch List and “Highly Derogatory” Information Free in Michigan By Todd Bensman as originally published January 31, 2022 by the Center for Immigration Studies By Todd Bensman When President Joe Biden’s government ended interior deportations of illegally present foreign nationals in America last year, one group type left on a very short … [Read more...] about Report: Biden’s ICE Headquarters Ordered Release of Border-Crossing Terrorist Suspect from Venezuela Despite FBI Recommendation

Parsing Immigration Podcast:

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The UN’s Role in Aiding and Abetting Illegal Immigration The material support happens all along the migrant trail Summary Nonprofit migrant advocacy organizations near Mexico’s southern border with Guatemala are offering an unusual and controversial psychological therapy to enable migrants to continue on the trail north to the U.S. border. Todd Bensman, the Center’s senior national … [Read more...] about Parsing Immigration Podcast:

Biden Administration Secretively Renews Daily Air-Repatriation Flights to Haiti

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By Todd Bensman as published January 28, 2022 by the Center for Immigration Studies TAPACHULA, Mexico – Beyond public light, President Joe Biden’s government has ramped up daily ICE-Air deportation flights of Haitian border crossers to the capital of Port-au-Prince, a kind of operation that brought intense criticism from the Democratic Party’s progressive liberal wing when he briefly used it to … [Read more...] about Biden Administration Secretively Renews Daily Air-Repatriation Flights to Haiti

UN Funds Harvesting ‘Repressed Memories’ of U.S.-Bound Migrants in Mexico

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Those rejected for Mexican asylum get new stories to help with their appeals, allowing them to continue north to the U.S. By Todd Bensman as originally published January 24, 2022 by the Center for Immigration Studies See also: In Mexico’s Deep South, the United Nations Explains Handing Cash to U.S.-Bound Migrants and United Nations Agency Uses U.S. Tax Dollars to Fund Illegal … [Read more...] about UN Funds Harvesting ‘Repressed Memories’ of U.S.-Bound Migrants in Mexico

Mexico’s Duplicitous ‘Ant Operation’ Moved Tens of Thousands to the U.S. Border Sight Unseen — and Will Again Through 2022

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By Todd Bensman as originally published January 17, 2022 by the Center for Immigration Studies TAPACHULA, Mexico — Between August and December 2021, Mexico mired between 30,000 and 50,000 U.S.-bound immigrants behind a bureaucratic dam in this southernmost city near the Guatemala border, requiring permission slips for onward movement that purposefully took months to get. This slow-roll-them … [Read more...] about Mexico’s Duplicitous ‘Ant Operation’ Moved Tens of Thousands to the U.S. Border Sight Unseen — and Will Again Through 2022

In Mexico’s Deep South, the United Nations Explains Handing Cash to U.S.-Bound Migrants

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By Todd Bensman as originally published January 20, 2022 by the Center for Immigration Studies See also: United Nations Agency Uses U.S. Tax Dollars to Fund Illegal Immigration TAPACHULA, Mexico — The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR), which receives billions in U.S. taxpayer money, is handing out cash debit cards and other funds for lodging and prescription medicines to U.S.-bound … [Read more...] about In Mexico’s Deep South, the United Nations Explains Handing Cash to U.S.-Bound Migrants