Securing U.S. Borders

CIS has identified at least five methods by which immigrants are end-running the Mexican military effort, which President Donald Trump demanded in 2019 (under threat of ruinous trade tariffs) and which the Biden administration is now counting on to help end the embarrassing political spectacle of a full-blown mass-migration crisis that is developing on our southern border. By Todd Bensman as … [Read more...] about How Illegal Immigrants Are End-Running Mexico’s Vaunted National Guard Cordon

By Todd Bensman as published March 30, 2021 by the Center for Immigration Studies PIEDRAS NEGRAS, Mexico — When Anderson Castaneda left his native Honduras in October 2020, betting that a victorious President Joe Biden would open the borders wide, this medium-sized northern city of 165,000 across from Eagle Pass, Texas, was hardly his first choice. Nor even a close second or third. In fact, … [Read more...] about Illegal Immigrants Shopping Border Sectors Amid Unpredictable American Border Policy

WATCH THE FULL PANEL HERE WATCH A SEVEN-MINUTE EXCERPT OF BENSMAN EXPLAINING HIS BOOK HERE Joseph Humire, Executive Director, Center for a Secure Free Society: "I think you hit the nail on the head Todd when you said there’s equally two wrong reactions to this problem set, that there’re folks to under-value, underestimate this whole thing and say, ‘well, that’s ridiculous if you were to … [Read more...] about America’s Covert Border War, A Panel Discussion Center for a Secure Free Society

DHS acknowledges that suspected Islamic terrorists are crossing the southern border By Todd Bensman as published March 19, 2021 by the Center for Immigration Studies “We are able to identify and apprehend them and ensure that they do not remain in the United States.” U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas this week asserted that suspected Islamic terrorists … [Read more...] about Landmark Confirmation of Border Terror Threat

Europe’s experience showcases a new terrorism travel phenomenon on the world stage: that malevolent long-haul migrants from countries rife with Islamist terrorist organizations now routinely cross land borders of western nations and do so far less noticeably when high volumes of benevolent economic migrants have overwhelmed border management systems. Are there lessons for the US? By Todd … [Read more...] about Europe’s Migrant Crisis, Still Yielding Terror, Foretells The Effects Of Biden’s Border-Crossing Boom.

With countries like Panama and Costa Rica now loosening their borders, the march is on in remote locations like the Chilean town of Colchane on the border with Bolivia, where police have fought a losing battle against thousands of U.S.-bound migrants since January and at the Brazil-Peru border where a caravan of 400 battled Peruvian police and military. By Todd Bensman as published March 1, … [Read more...] about ‘Extra-Continental’ Migrants Throughout the Americas Marching and Clashing Their Way Toward New Biden Border

By Todd Bensman as originally published February 19, 2021 by the Center for Immigration Studies AUSTIN, Texas — The next caravan predicted last week may not materialize amid a fresh promise by Mexico — after a furtive diplomatic pressure campaign by the Biden administration — that its troops would not allow it to pass. Through its official Twitter account, the Mexican embassy in … [Read more...] about Aspiring Immigrants, Foregoing Caravan Tactic, Massing in Northern Mexico on Biden Promises

By Todd Bensman as originally published February 14, 2021 by the Center for Immigration Studies In January, international human rights groups pummeled the government of Guatemala for its use of batons, tear gas, and troops to break up a migrant caravan that had swelled to some 9,000 people mainly on incoming President Joe Biden’s promises that all who wished to … [Read more...] about A New Migrant Caravan Is Forming — And Biden Hopes to Crush It Without Leaving His Fingerprints