Terrorism & Homeland Security

CIS travels to Tijuana to fill an information deficit By Todd Bensman as published November 30, 2022 by the Center for Immigration Studies TIJUANA, Mexico – A small blue dome, minaret and pole topped with the universal half-moon crescent symbol of Islam marks the location of an immigrant shelter waystation like no other in Mexico. Since June 2022, the Albergue Assabil/Mesquijta Taybah … [Read more...] about Mexico’s First Muslim Immigrant Shelter: A US National Security Perspective

Just a few years ago, major U.S. media outlets called President Donald Trump a liar when he proclaimed that Islamic terrorist suspects were illegally crossing the southern border among far more numerous Spanish-speaking immigrants. "Fact-check" columnists swore such terrorist crossings never happened. But since April 2022, when U.S. Customs and Border Protection … [Read more...] about Debut Newsweek Opinion: Record Number of Suspected Terrorists Crossed the U.S.-Mexico Border | Opinion

As published October 13, 2022 in The New York Post As the nation’s “Border Czar,” Vice President Kamala Harris is 20 months into carrying out the White House’s signature “root causes” immigration plan to bring order and security to America’s southern border. The idea behind it was that if America fixes the poverty, physical insecurity, and bad governance that drive emigration from three big … [Read more...] about For the New York Post: Biden White House’s ‘Root Causes’ Immigration Policy is Dead

A conversation with cartels expert Jaeson Jones Summary The extensive criminal and political power of Mexican cartels is a topic largely ignored by the American media and thus unknown to most Americans. Strengthened and enriched by the Biden administration's border crisis, the cartels have evolved into global criminal enterprises impacting America through epidemic levels of drug … [Read more...] about Bensman hosting Parsing Immigration Podcast: Enriched by Loose US Immigration Policies, Mexican Cartels Are Now Global Enterprises

For the first time, US Border Patrol reported 2.15 million encounters with migrants on the southern borderUnder Biden, an average 139,000 illegal migrants entered the US every month CBP reported 900,000 'gotaways,' which is a term that describes individuals who they suspect were able to evade capture, between Oct '21 and August '22 The Biden administration has legally paroled some 1.4 … [Read more...] about The Daily Mail: The shocking numbers that show the unprecedented impact of illegal immigration into America — as exposed by TODD BENSMAN’s expert analysis

by Marilyn SternMiddle East Forum WebinarFebruary 14, 2022 Todd Bensman, Writing Fellow at the Middle East Forum, Senior National Security Fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies, and author of America's Covert Border War, spoke to participants in a February 14 Middle East Forum Webinar (video) to discuss the cases of unvetted migrants from countries "associated with … [Read more...] about Todd Bensman: Middle East Forum Webinar -Threat at the Texas Border

Todd Bensman testified before a panel of Republican Congress Members about his reporting on United Nations involvement in the mass migration crisis at the southern border. Testimony of Todd BensmanSenior National Security Fellow, Center for Immigration Studies and Former Manager, Texas Department of Public Safety Intelligence and Counterterrorism Division (2009-2018) Before the House … [Read more...] about Bensman Testifies before House Freedom Caucus: Southern Border Crisis 2/1/2022

Journalists have a different method for sharing the words. They tend to fact check, verify, and speak from a personal perspective. That is not to say their own frame of reference will not shape the outcome of the story—like all of us they are human. Today though I have the chance to share some time with Todd Bensman. His extensive qualifications include an M.A. in Security Studies from the Naval … [Read more...] about At the Border with Todd Bensman, an in-depth interview