Todd Bensman

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Bensman in the News

Steve Bannon’s War Room: CBP Deletes Press Release About Yemeni Terrorists Who Crossed the Border

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Bensman excerpt: Both (Yemeni migrants caught at the California border) were watch listed but one of them was on the No Fly list, which is a high bar of danger to get on that. Being on the watch list is bad enough. Being on the No Fly list is a big red alert, ring-the-bell, five-alarm national security fire. So this information goes out. You’ve got mug shots of these guys with the black bars over … [Read more...] about Steve Bannon’s War Room: CBP Deletes Press Release About Yemeni Terrorists Who Crossed the Border

On the Steve Gruber Show (Scott Bertrand sitting in) About 2 Yemeni Immigrant Terror Suspects Caught at the Border

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Excerpt: "My book, America's Covert Border War, lays out countless anecdotes of this. This is certainly not anything new to me. It may have been new to (Rep. Kevin) McCarthy and his group but this has been happening since 9/11. The book is really about how the threat was viewed as so significant after 9/11 and all the years since that the US homeland security enterprise rolled out these ... … [Read more...] about On the Steve Gruber Show (Scott Bertrand sitting in) About 2 Yemeni Immigrant Terror Suspects Caught at the Border

In Glenn Beck’s Mercury Studios Discussing America’s Covert Border War book and Recent Border Reporting Trip to Mexico

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LISTEN TO THE RADIO SEGMENT BELOW: WATCH THE VIDEO HERE Excerpts from the April 1, 2021 interview in Beck's Dallas, Texas studio: Beck: "You have a book out called America's covert border war, and it details what is really going on and coming across our border at any given time. And the details are actually quite terrifying because ... once the news stops talking about it - like … [Read more...] about In Glenn Beck’s Mercury Studios Discussing America’s Covert Border War book and Recent Border Reporting Trip to Mexico

The Coming Impact of Mass-Child migration: Port-o-Classrooms and School Tax Hikes. The Brian Mudd Show, WIOD Radio Miami-Fort Lauderdale

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Brian Mudd: On a scale of 1-10, how big is this crisis? Bensman: “Oh, this is an 11. This goes up to 11 (chuckling). This is, as you said earlier, something truly historic. We are just in the very beginning of it. The Biden administration seems to be perfectly fine with it and is doing more each day to enable and enhance and facilitate it. And nothing at all to suppress or deter it. So I think … [Read more...] about The Coming Impact of Mass-Child migration: Port-o-Classrooms and School Tax Hikes. The Brian Mudd Show, WIOD Radio Miami-Fort Lauderdale

On Epoch Times’ The Nation Speaks with Cindy Drukin Discussing book, “Catch-and-Bus” and Mexico reporting

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WATCH THE SEGMENT ABOUT AMERICA'S COVERT BORDER WAR HERE Excerpt: “The jihadist border threat is encompassed by a smuggling route from South America, where they fly into from the Middle East and Iran and Afghanistan, Somalia – Muslim-majority nations. And then they make their way through the Darien Gap jungle of Colombia and Panama all the way to our border. So it’s not just Central Americans. … [Read more...] about On Epoch Times’ The Nation Speaks with Cindy Drukin Discussing book, “Catch-and-Bus” and Mexico reporting

On WYRD-FM WORD – Greenville/Spartanburg

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Excerpt from the April 2, 2021 segment: "I think they do know what’s going on and, look… this is a really embarrassing thing that they’ve let loose, politically, and I think that they’re trying really hard to spin, to give a narrative out there that will hold for a little while and stave off the embarrassment of what’s happening there. But look, this genie is out of the bottle. There’s no … [Read more...] about On WYRD-FM WORD – Greenville/Spartanburg

On the Rio Grande Telling the Bob and Tom Show (WYRD Radio, Greenville-Spartanburg NC) What’s Happening

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Excerpt: It's embarrassing to the Biden administration to come into office, take a few actions regarding immigration and then have all the migrants respond with, 'wow! we're coming!" And then huge numbers come. With catch and release, tens of thousands heading into the interior on Greyhound buses. It's embarrassing. You don't want to see that on endless news loops and people talking about it … [Read more...] about On the Rio Grande Telling the Bob and Tom Show (WYRD Radio, Greenville-Spartanburg NC) What’s Happening

Book Review in The Federalist

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By Kyle Shideler, director and senior analyst for homeland security and counterterrorism at the Center for Security Policy as published April 1, 2021 in The Federalist. During the 2016 election, one of the major issues the media refused to discuss was the extent to which foreign-born nationals might play a role in jihadist terror attacks on U.S. soil. This was during the height of the debate … [Read more...] about Book Review in The Federalist

On WIOD Radio Miami-Fort Lauderdale Discussing Population Transfer into the US Through Big Bend Sector of West Texas

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Excerpt from the April 22, 2021 interview on the Texas border: Host: You just can't make this up. It almost defies logic that even for political reasons, the crisis, that it would be allowed to persist like this. What do you think is really driving this deal? Bensman: I think the Biden administration is very beholden to the left wing of its party, its progressive left wing. It has … [Read more...] about On WIOD Radio Miami-Fort Lauderdale Discussing Population Transfer into the US Through Big Bend Sector of West Texas