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
Securing U.S. Borders
A Terror Case the Travel Ban Would Have Prevented
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
An Open Call for Corrections to the New York Times for Misleading on Illegal Migration from Islamic Countries
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
From Panama and Costa Rica: Video and Reports from Terror Travel Threat Investigation
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
The Domestic Terror Threat Against ICE
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
Notes on Prayer Rugs
A silly, needless discussion over prayer rugs found at the southern border proves only one thing: the American people, the media, and elected leaders remain ignorant about migration from Islamic countries despite overwhelming, prevalent, documented evidence to the contrary that has been in the public realm for at least a dozen years. By Todd Bensman, Center for Immigration Studies, … [Read more...] about Notes on Prayer Rugs
Column: Congressional Committee Calls for Investigation of First Terror Attack by Border-Crossing Migrant
Among the nation's media — and therefore the political establishment and its organs of federal government — the first apparent terror attack in North America by a border-crossing migrant drew no curiosity or interest. Now a congressional committee has fired off a letter demanding a DHS Office of Inspector General investigation. The September 2017 vehicle-ramming attacks by a Somali migrant in … [Read more...] about Column: Congressional Committee Calls for Investigation of First Terror Attack by Border-Crossing Migrant
Obama administration feared terrorist border infiltration and ordered major homeland program to counter it
As published by the Center for Immigration Studies The Obama Administration feared terrorist border infiltration among "special interest aliens," as I disclose in my latest column January 9, 2019, meaning President Trump is in good company that his critics are reluctant to acknowledge. By Todd Bensman Much of the noise accompanying President Trump's partial justification for a wall … [Read more...] about Obama administration feared terrorist border infiltration and ordered major homeland program to counter it
Parting Shot: House GOP Homeland Security Committee Report on Terror Travel Details Migration to U.S. border; Dems Promptly Delete
Originally published by the Center for Immigration Studies Research based on visits to six nations of the migrant trails was posted by the GOP-controlled House Homeland Security Committee and then removed the next day when Dems took control. My take on the report: By Todd Bensman In early 2018, a half-dozen staff members of Texas Rep. Michael McCaul's House Homeland Security Committee … [Read more...] about Parting Shot: House GOP Homeland Security Committee Report on Terror Travel Details Migration to U.S. border; Dems Promptly Delete
Notes on the Trump Administration’s Claim of 3,000-Plus Terrorist Apprehensions at U.S. Borders
From a former intelligence worker once immersed in the numbers To clear all this up and regain some semblance of credibility on the issue of terrorist infiltration along the border, the Trump administration needs to pick up data from the FBI's Terrorist Screening Center and the National Counterterrorism Center, which houses everything they need By Todd Bensman on January 7, … [Read more...] about Notes on the Trump Administration’s Claim of 3,000-Plus Terrorist Apprehensions at U.S. Borders