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Lessons of Europe's Terrorist Border Infiltration Epidemic

What Terrorist Migration Over European Borders Can Teach About American Border Security

November 8, 2019 by Todd Bensman

The Center for Immigration Studies published the results of a yearlong study of migrants who crossed Europe’s external borders and conducted attacks or who were arrested and killed committing terrorism crimes. This paper quantifies for the first time how many border-crossing migrants attacked in Europe and analyzes consequences for U.S. border security, among them: a moderate, high-consequence … [Read more...] about What Terrorist Migration Over European Borders Can Teach About American Border Security

Filed Under: Featured, Securing America's Borders

Part I Townhall Series: A New Terror Travel Tactic is Born

November 23, 2019 by Todd Bensman

New research establishes proof of concept for a long-theorized terrorism threat to physical land borders: that violent Islamic jihadists could infiltrate them while posing as migrants to clandestinely reach targets. In Europe, the new study shows, between 104 and 140 jihadists finally did just that for the first time in contemporary terrorism history, conducting gruesome attacks in nine countries … [Read more...] about Part I Townhall Series: A New Terror Travel Tactic is Born

Filed Under: Terrorism and Homeland Security

Part II: Why Islamic Terrorists Have Not Attacked Through the Southern Border but the Risk is Still High

December 3, 2019 by Todd Bensman

New research establishes the extent to which violent Islamic jihadists infiltrated over land borders as a new method to clandestinely reach targets throughout Europe, a first in contemporary terrorism history. This series for Townhall explores the implications for U.S. border security. Read Part I of this series, "A New Terror Travel Tactic is Born," here.  By Todd Bensman as … [Read more...] about Part II: Why Islamic Terrorists Have Not Attacked Through the Southern Border but the Risk is Still High

Filed Under: Terrorism and Homeland Security

Part III: Like in Europe, America’s Broken Asylum System Enables Terrorist Infiltration Over the U.S.-Mexico Border

December 9, 2019 by Todd Bensman

New research establishes the extent to which violent Islamic jihadists infiltrated over land borders as a new method to clandestinely reach targets in Europe, a first in contemporary terrorism history. This series explores the implications of Europe’s experience for U.S. border security. Read Part I here, "A New Terror Travel Tactic is Born, Read Part II here, “New Study Explains Why Islamic … [Read more...] about Part III: Like in Europe, America’s Broken Asylum System Enables Terrorist Infiltration Over the U.S.-Mexico Border

Filed Under: Terrorism and Homeland Security

Part IV of Townhall series: Five Ways America Should Secure the Border Against European-Style Terrorist Infiltration

December 16, 2019 by Todd Bensman

Editor's note: This report represents the fourth and final installment of a series about what an epidemic of border-crossing Islamic terrorists who infiltrated Europe means for U.S. border security. By Todd Bensman as originally published in Townhall December 16, 2019 After working for years in Brazil as a “large-scale” smuggler of U.S.-bound Somalis, Mohammad Ahmad … [Read more...] about Part IV of Townhall series: Five Ways America Should Secure the Border Against European-Style Terrorist Infiltration

Filed Under: Terrorism and Homeland Security

The Tajikistani Terror Plot to Attack U.S. Air Force Bases in Germany: How They Got In Matters

May 4, 2020 by Todd Bensman

The new phenomenon of terrorist border infiltration into Europe is barely recognized in the United States, a distant problem. But no longer. Border infiltrating terrorists in Europe must now be regarded as an American problem because these terrorists hoped to murder U.S. soldiers stationed in Germany. American interests are at risk from terrorist border infiltration overseas. How about at the … [Read more...] about The Tajikistani Terror Plot to Attack U.S. Air Force Bases in Germany: How They Got In Matters

Filed Under: Securing America's Borders, Terrorism and Homeland Security

In Europe, Migrant-Terrorist Strikes Continue

August 19, 2020 by Todd Bensman

Europe’s tragic experience with refugee resettlement from Muslim-majority nations holds lessons for American homeland security strategists and policy-makers, especially the extent to which security vetting is incorporated as a central component in any national strategy to manage border-crossing migrants arriving as strangers without identification at the U.S.-Mexico border. By Todd Bensman as … [Read more...] about In Europe, Migrant-Terrorist Strikes Continue

Filed Under: Securing America's Borders

ISIS Commander Arrested in Hungary Held Refugee Passport Enabling Unrestricted Air Travel

April 5, 2019 by Todd Bensman

The arrest of Hassan also raises the question of whether Greece, as a key refugee transit country, is properly vetting higher risk migrants for potential ties to ISIS before granting refugee status and conferring its benefits. The United States has reportedly been assisting Greece, to some extent, in vetting incoming migrants and refugees to determine whether any are terrorists. By Todd … [Read more...] about ISIS Commander Arrested in Hungary Held Refugee Passport Enabling Unrestricted Air Travel

Filed Under: Securing America's Borders, Foreign Correspondence

Bensman Webinar for the Middle East Forum: “Drawing Lessons from Europe’s Experience with Jihadi Border Infiltration”

August 3, 2020 by Todd Bensman

Jihadis who presented themselves as refugees to infiltrate the European Union have engaged in many attacks, including the November 2015 attack in Paris, which killed 130 people. Todd Bensman’s just-completed study of these migrant-terrorists sheds light on their numbers, characteristics, and tactics; it also finds that the United States is vulnerable. Based on the European experience, Mr. Bensman … [Read more...] about Bensman Webinar for the Middle East Forum: “Drawing Lessons from Europe’s Experience with Jihadi Border Infiltration”

Filed Under: Bensman in the News

Europe’s Most Wanted Jihadist Crossed EU Borders Disguised as Migrant: A Successful Tactic Europe Can’t Seem to Beat

May 12, 2020 by Todd Bensman

American voters and policy-makers should take note of this new terror travel tactic’s persistent use in Europe for half a decade now, since it holds implications for the United States’ own national border security. Border infiltration is now a successful tactic that isn’t going away anytime soon. Jihadists clearly recognize the value of using it. So they are. By Todd Bensman as originally … [Read more...] about Europe’s Most Wanted Jihadist Crossed EU Borders Disguised as Migrant: A Successful Tactic Europe Can’t Seem to Beat

Filed Under: Securing America's Borders

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