By Todd Bensman as published April 12, 2023, New York Post An unlikely FBI counterterrorism case wrapping up in Ohio casts a bright and shining light on a gaping national-security hole in the southwest border as the greatest mass migration crisis in American history overwhelms its defenses. The Ohio FBI field office last year busted a local Iraqi asylum seeker, former al Qaeda fighter … [Read more...] about New York Post: Al Qaeda fighter’s plot to smuggle in Bush assassins shows how our southern-border chaos entices terrorists
Terrorism & Homeland Security
Todd Bensman on Muslim Migrants on the U.S. Terror List Infiltrating the Southern U.S. Border
by Marilyn SternMiddle East Forum WebinarMarch 20, 2023 Todd Bensman is a Middle East Forum Writing Fellow, a Senior National Security Fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), and author of Overrun: How Joe Biden Unleashed the Greatest Border Crisis in U.S. History, the 2023 follow-up to his earlier book, America's Covert Border War: The Untold Story of the … [Read more...] about Todd Bensman on Muslim Migrants on the U.S. Terror List Infiltrating the Southern U.S. Border
A Database of National Security Vetting Failures is Published
About the National Security Vetting Failures Database: A Streamed panel discusses how national security threats have slipped between the cracks (from left to right) Director, Center for Immigration Studies Mark Krikorian, CIS National Security Fellow Todd Bensman, retired State Department Senior Foreign Service Officer Phillip Linderman, and Director of Center for Homeland Security and … [Read more...] about A Database of National Security Vetting Failures is Published
Bensman Webinar for Middle East Forum: Immigrants from Muslim-Majority Nations Flood the Southern Border and Present ‘Elevated Threat’
America is currently facing a historic crisis of mass illegal migration at its southern border. Government data reveals an alarming number of migrants on the FBI's terror-watch list caught at that border since Joe Biden became president. A "Muslim-only migrant shelter" has even opened in Tijuana, Mexico. What impact does this migration have on U.S. national security? What needs to change? What are … [Read more...] about Bensman Webinar for Middle East Forum: Immigrants from Muslim-Majority Nations Flood the Southern Border and Present ‘Elevated Threat’
Mexico’s 1st Muslim Immigrant Shelter: A National Security Perspective
Bensman travels to Tijuana to fill an information deficit SEE MEDIA INTERVIEWS WITH BENSMAN ABOUT THE SHELTER By Todd Bensman as published November 30, 2022 by the Center for Immigration Studies See also in The Federalist December 6, 2022: Why Isn’t Homeland Security Monitoring A Muslim-Only Immigrant Shelter At The US Border? TIJUANA, Mexico – A small blue dome, minaret and pole … [Read more...] about Mexico’s 1st Muslim Immigrant Shelter: A National Security Perspective
Debut Newsweek Opinion: Record Number of Terrorists Crossed U.S.-Mex Border
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 Terrorists Crossed U.S.-Mex Border
Bensman Hosts Podcast: Enriched by US Immigration Policies, Cartels Go Global
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 Hosts Podcast: Enriched by US Immigration Policies, Cartels Go Global
Middle East Forum Webinar: Threat at Border
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 Middle East Forum Webinar: Threat at Border
Bensman Testifies before House Freedom Caucus: Border Crisis
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: Border Crisis
At the Border with Todd Bensman, an in-depth interview
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