Todd Bensman

From Journalism to Counterterrorism Intelligence - and Back.

Bensman in the News

TownHall.com Center for Immigration Studies: Mexico Is Doing More Harm Than Good When Stopping Caravans

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Ian Snively|Posted: Feb 19, 2019 4:30 PM The Center for Immigration Studies released an article Monday, stating that Mexico may be doing more harm than good at preventing migrant caravans from crossing the U.S. border. Members of the organization visited an improvised migrant shelter in Piedras Negras on Feb. 14, a ceramics factory holding about 2,000 caravan members, containing … [Read more...] about TownHall.com Center for Immigration Studies: Mexico Is Doing More Harm Than Good When Stopping Caravans

Quoted in UK’s The Daily Mail, Anniversary of the ‘travel ban’

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This story took a somewhat dim view of President Donald Trump's travel ban and quoted Bensman in support. Excerpted: "Todd Bensman, a senior national security fellow for the anti-immigration Center for Immigration Studies, said the Trump administration chose the countries to ban based on those nations' inability to assist the U.S. with vetting. In some cases that was because their … [Read more...] about Quoted in UK’s The Daily Mail, Anniversary of the ‘travel ban’

Conservative Conscience Podcast: Panama Reporting on ‘The Trail from the Middle East to Our Southern Border”

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Show Description: There are many reasons why we need a border wall and reform of our suicidal immigration policies. One of the most forgotten ones is the existing flow of Middle Easterners and potential terrorists coming through Latin America to our southern border. To break down this issue, I have a special guest who is a journalist, former intel officer, and expert on counterterrorism and … [Read more...] about Conservative Conscience Podcast: Panama Reporting on ‘The Trail from the Middle East to Our Southern Border”

Washington Examiner: Eyewitness (Bensman) says ‘hundreds’ from terror nations to pour over US-Mexican border

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by Paul Bedard | December 19, 2018 11:32 AM Hundreds of illegal immigrants from nations and even neighborhoods that host terrorists including the Taliban, ISIS, and al Qaeda are using the Latin American pathway to the U.S.-Mexico border to enter the country, according to an eyewitness report. Working to verify Trump administration claims that terrorists are mingling in with … [Read more...] about Washington Examiner: Eyewitness (Bensman) says ‘hundreds’ from terror nations to pour over US-Mexican border