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Securing U.S. Borders

Twitter series on mandatory catch-and-release stirs coverage and controversy but settled nothing

March 16, 2019 by Todd Bensman

Daniel Horowitz of The Conservative Review was among several journalists who wrote about a series of my tweets during the first week of March 2019, which chocked up hundreds of thousands of impressions after the likes of Michelle Malkin and Anne Coulter, followers of my account, retweeted them. The tweets were based on secret verbal policy orders that a credible U.S. Citizen and Immigration … [Read more...] about Twitter series on mandatory catch-and-release stirs coverage and controversy but settled nothing

Filed Under: Securing America's Borders, Uncategorized

Yemenis Smuggled over Texas Border Wearing Hard-Hats and Reflective Vests

March 6, 2019 by Todd Bensman

The latest on an eight-count alien-smuggling indictment charging that a Jordanian with dual Mexican citizenship illegally transported at least seven Yemenis over the southern border in 2017 — near the same Piedras Negras (Mexico)-Eagle Pass (Texas) border-crossing that members of the last Central American migrant caravan were hoping to reach before Mexico detained them. By Todd Bensman on … [Read more...] about Yemenis Smuggled over Texas Border Wearing Hard-Hats and Reflective Vests

Filed Under: Securing America's Borders

Can and Should Mexican Cartels be Designated as Terrorist Organizations?

February 28, 2019 by Todd Bensman

By Todd Bensman as published at Center for Immigration Studies on February 26, 2019 Calling for Mexico's drug-trafficking cartels to be designated as foreign terrorist organizations has long earned easy gold stars for the GOP side of the ledger, with really no possible downside. After all, who is not repelled by organizations that behead victims, run houses of torture, co-opt … [Read more...] about Can and Should Mexican Cartels be Designated as Terrorist Organizations?

Filed Under: Securing America's Borders

Two Senators Ask What Became of Obama-Era Program to Counter Terrorist Infiltration at Southern Border

February 27, 2019 by Todd Bensman

By Todd Bensman as published by the Center for Immigration Studies on February 25, 2019 Last August, the Center for Immigration Studies exclusively published a three-page memorandum by former DHS Secretary Jeh Johnson, addressed to 10 of his top agency chiefs. It ordered a secret full-scale enforcement program to suppress "special interest alien" migration from the Middle … [Read more...] about Two Senators Ask What Became of Obama-Era Program to Counter Terrorist Infiltration at Southern Border

Filed Under: Securing America's Borders

Video: Panel Discussion at The National Press Club, Center for a Secure and Safe Society regarding migrant caravans and Latin America security

February 21, 2019 by Todd Bensman

Full video is now available of the February 12 panel discussion on which I participated at The National Press Club, for the Center for a Secure and Free Society. Topic: Migrant Caravans and security in Latin America. I recommend watching the whole thing; my part begins at about Minute 37. But Guatemala's Minister of Intelligence was on hand and was very interesting as well. … [Read more...] about Video: Panel Discussion at The National Press Club, Center for a Secure and Safe Society regarding migrant caravans and Latin America security

Filed Under: Securing America's Borders

Inside Mexico’s Migrant Caravan Shelter near the Texas Rio Grande Border

February 18, 2019 by Todd Bensman

During a mid-February visit to the Texas-Mexico border, Bensman gained exclusive, rare access to the improvised migrant detention camp in Piedras Negras and also toured the American law enforcement defense arrayed on the other side against a potential mass entry into Texas. In the end, he found, it is the migrants who will get everything they wanted. Originally published by the Center for … [Read more...] about Inside Mexico’s Migrant Caravan Shelter near the Texas Rio Grande Border

Filed Under: Foreign Correspondence, Securing America's Borders

A Terror Case the Travel Ban Would Have Prevented

February 14, 2019 by Todd Bensman

Opponents have decried the policy as a racist and religiously discriminatory "Muslim ban." But this defies the fact that Muslim-majority countries such as Jordan, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the Gulf States, and many other Muslim-majority countries are not designated. Why would this be? Because these Muslim-majority countries keep criminal and intelligence records and share them with America. As … [Read more...] about A Terror Case the Travel Ban Would Have Prevented

Filed Under: Securing America's Borders

An Open Call for Corrections to the New York Times for Misleading on Illegal Migration from Islamic Countries

February 5, 2019 by Todd Bensman

I call on Linda Qiu’s editors at The New York Times to issue up to four corrections and clarifications regarding migration to the U.S. southern border of migrants from the Middle East and Muslim-majority nations where terrorist organizations are ubiquitous. Qui claimed that such migration is not happening and is a baseless conspiracy theory. The former Politi-fact reporter is hardly alone in … [Read more...] about An Open Call for Corrections to the New York Times for Misleading on Illegal Migration from Islamic Countries

Filed Under: Securing America's Borders

From Panama and Costa Rica: Video and Reports from Terror Travel Threat Investigation

February 5, 2019 by Todd Bensman

President Donald Trump's claims that Middle Eastern migrants were traveling Central American routes to the U.S. border, among them some Islamic terrorists, spawned a confused national debate that never quite moved past disputes over just the basic facts. Such as: Can, have, and do migrants from countries of terrorism concern, where Islamic terrorist groups operate, actually travel through Latin … [Read more...] about From Panama and Costa Rica: Video and Reports from Terror Travel Threat Investigation

Filed Under: Securing America's Borders, Uncategorized

The Domestic Terror Threat Against ICE

January 27, 2019 by Todd Bensman

A reminder that agents remain a terrorism target by those who oppose borders and immigration law enforcement Todd Bensman explains the threat in this video By Todd Bensman on January 23, 2019 Last summer, Deputy Secretary of Homeland Security Claire Grady issued a warning to employees that they were under "heightened threat" based on "specific and credible threats … [Read more...] about The Domestic Terror Threat Against ICE

Filed Under: Securing America's Borders

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