A key element of Jared Vargas's murder was hermetically excluded from the trial: That murderer Ernesto Esquivel-Garcia was a criminal illegal immigrant from Mexico who could have been deported before he killed Vargas, but wasn't. Now the Vargas family embarks on a life-long quest, if that's what it takes, to find out who in the U.S. immigration system did this to Jared. By Todd Bensman as … [Read more...] about Facts About How a Deportable Criminal Alien Was Left Free to Kill Are Excluded from Murder Trial
Securing U.S. Borders
The First Illegal Border-Crossing Terrorist is on Trial. But Don’t Expect the Media to Cover It
Trump, after all the media ridicule, was correct in saying that potential terrorists have illegally crossed the United States' southern border. Abdulahi Hasan Sharif of Somalia did. And it could happen again. Expect no coverage from American media, because that would require emphatic acknowledgement that a terrorist actually crossed the border and attacked. The U-Haul Cube Truck Sharif used … [Read more...] about The First Illegal Border-Crossing Terrorist is on Trial. But Don’t Expect the Media to Cover It
Why African Migrants Are Fighting Mexican Troops
The Mexican military is detaining thousands of Africans, Middle Easterners, Russians, Sri Lankans, Bangladeshis, Ethiopians and other migrants from around the world. They are trying with all their might to continue on to the U.S. border. Here’s what the struggle is all about and why the outcome matters to America A Mexican National Guardswoman on patrol in northern Mexico, August 2019 By … [Read more...] about Why African Migrants Are Fighting Mexican Troops
Trial to Begin for Somali Who Crossed the U.S.-Mexico Border and Committed Alleged Vehicle Ramming Attack in Canada
The upcoming Canadian trial of a Somali terrorist may reveal new details about his travel from Africa to Mexico, then California, and finally to Canada — but a full investigation by our DHS Inspector General would be more fruitful. By Todd Bensman as published by the Center for Immigration Studies October 1, 2019 What ever happened to the House Oversight and Reform Committee's … [Read more...] about Trial to Begin for Somali Who Crossed the U.S.-Mexico Border and Committed Alleged Vehicle Ramming Attack in Canada
U.S.-Mexico Busts of Bangladeshi Smugglers South of the Border
Bangladesh fairly teems with ISIS and al-Qaeda members, followers of a radical Islamist political party, and foreign terrorist fighters returning from Syria. That's why U.S. homeland security sees a terrorism risk in the Bangladeshi migrants streaming over the border in recent years. Two new busts tell us more how it all works. By Todd Bensman as published September 12, 2019 by the Center for … [Read more...] about U.S.-Mexico Busts of Bangladeshi Smugglers South of the Border
Ecuador: An Unlikely Battleground to Secure America’s Southern Border
Why an obscure move by Ecuador should result in fewer Africans, Middle Easterners and other “extra-continentals” arriving at the American southern border. Ecuador and its open borders "visa-free" policy had created an international human smuggling landing zone for U.S.-bound migrants flying in from all of the world’s trouble spots, including countries of “national security concern.” But Ecuador … [Read more...] about Ecuador: An Unlikely Battleground to Secure America’s Southern Border
U.S.-Supported Brazilian Op Busts Smugglers Moving Migrants from Muslim-Majority Countries
A recent U.S.-Brazil operation busted three human smugglers, a Somali, Algerian and Iranian, bringing migrants to the southern border (including at least two terrorist suspects) from "countries of national security interest" in the Middle East, the Horn of Africa and South Asia. ICE-HSI and its partners have really had quite a year in counterterrorism, as this was only the most recent in a series … [Read more...] about U.S.-Supported Brazilian Op Busts Smugglers Moving Migrants from Muslim-Majority Countries
An American Jihadist Caught in Mexico: What we know
By Todd Bensman as originally published by the Center for Immigration Studies on August 21, 2019 On or about August 16, Mexico's Federal Ministerial Police issued a rare and most curious public announcement: Mexican immigration had apprehended an American citizen who was wanted on an Interpol "blue notice" warrant. The suspicion was that he was supporting violent jihad and radical Islam on … [Read more...] about An American Jihadist Caught in Mexico: What we know
On the Ground in Mexico: Trump’s “Wait in Mexico” Policy, Returned Migrants Crashing the Border
Whereas almost all Central Americans who illegally entered the United States prior to the new policy actively and immediately sought out U.S. Border Patrol agents so they could make their asylum claims and be quickly released legally, these migrants were planning to run, hide, and evade the Border Patrol at all costs to reach the American interior undetected. By Todd Bensman as published … [Read more...] about On the Ground in Mexico: Trump’s “Wait in Mexico” Policy, Returned Migrants Crashing the Border
The Domestic Terror Threat That has ICE in Cross-hairs
"I could tell anybody first hand, anybody who works for ICE looks like the most miserable piece of [expletive] on Earth. They all look like demons. I don't know what it's like to work for ICE, but they don't look like humans anymore." -- Sergio Salazar, San Antonio DACA student suspected of using the Internet to incite an ICE bombing in 2018, speaking in a podcast interview from Mexico A full … [Read more...] about The Domestic Terror Threat That has ICE in Cross-hairs