By Todd Bensman as originally published November 17 by the Center for Immigration Studies AUSTIN, Texas — Two irrefutable facts militate for an immediate re-do of President Donald Trump’s original Coronavirus-containment closure order for the U.S.-Mexico border: - Mexicans sick with the virus have overrun hospitals in their own cities along the border, such as in Ciudad … [Read more...] about Time for a US Medical Aid Relief Operation to Mexico and Tightening the Covid “Border Closure”
Securing America's Borders
Homeland Security Today PERSPECTIVE: Will Another Mass-Migration Tsunami Swamp the Southwest Border?
By Todd Bensman as published November 10, 2020 by Homeland Security Today AUSTIN, Texas – The impact of just-concluded national balloting likely will be felt soon along the U.S. southern border. A significant swell of illegal immigration from Mexico, Central America, and also from troubled countries around the world, is predicted. Three main sources foretell the probability of a new border … [Read more...] about Homeland Security Today PERSPECTIVE: Will Another Mass-Migration Tsunami Swamp the Southwest Border?
Trump-Red Latinos in South Texas Recoiled Against Illegal Immigration, Demonization of Border Patrol
Many Latinos on the Texas-Mexico border felt "scared shitless" and repulsed by the 2019 migration crisis when a million unvetted illegal immigrant strangers from all over the world swamped the border as Democratic voices encouraged it, litigated efforts to stop it, and promised open gates under a Biden administration. By Todd Bensman as published November 11, 2020 by the Center for … [Read more...] about Trump-Red Latinos in South Texas Recoiled Against Illegal Immigration, Demonization of Border Patrol
Terrorist Knifer in France Illegally Crossed EU Border with Migrants
In illegally entering Europe on a migrant boat, 21-year-old Brahim Aouissaoui joins scores of attacking, plotting Islamic terrorists who have crossed Europe's borders as illegal aliens since 2014, hiding among numerically greater migrants and refugees — and still come even though Europe's so-called migrant crisis supposedly ended in 2017. By Todd Bensman as published October 30, 2020 … [Read more...] about Terrorist Knifer in France Illegally Crossed EU Border with Migrants
As Mexican Hospitals Collapse, American Border Ones Fill
The Recurring Coronavirus Coincidence By Todd Bensman as originally published October 27 by the Center for Immigration Studies AUSTIN, Texas — In El Paso County across from Juarez, Mexico, hospitals once again are buckling under the weight of a new Covid-19 case influx of 300 percent in just the past three weeks, drawing intense media coverage in recent days. Hospitals … [Read more...] about As Mexican Hospitals Collapse, American Border Ones Fill
US-Bound Yemeni Migrants and their Smuggler Busted in Brazil
Operations like this are akin to blowing immigrant-smuggling bridges that connect terrorism countries, like Yemen, to the southern border and make it possible for terrorists to cross. “Not only was the human smuggler apprehended, but we were able to identify nine special interest aliens who are a potential threat to our national security.” By Todd Bensman as originally published October 21, … [Read more...] about US-Bound Yemeni Migrants and their Smuggler Busted in Brazil
Repeat Border Crossers Driving Those Border Apprehension Spikes: They’re Not Real
The increase in the apprehension statistics is largely the result of the same people trying again and again to sneak across the border, in part because the government is not subjecting repeat crossers to criminal prosecution or other deterrents for fear of spreading Covid-19. By Todd Bensman on as published October 16, 2020 by the Center for Immigration Studies U.S. Customs and … [Read more...] about Repeat Border Crossers Driving Those Border Apprehension Spikes: They’re Not Real
Department of Homeland Security Threat Assessment Also Predicts Mass Migration Crisis
DHS's much-anticipated inaugural national threat assessment predicts a mass migration surge next year from Central and South America but also from outside the western hemisphere. Among the latter will be unspecified national security “threat actors,” a likely reference, in part, to terrorist travelers who would stand a better chance of disappearing in the huge crowds. By Todd Bensman as … [Read more...] about Department of Homeland Security Threat Assessment Also Predicts Mass Migration Crisis
VIDEO immigration brief: The Next Migrant Caravan
A New video from the Center for Immigration Studies shows the latest migrant caravan from Honduras, some 4,000 strong, looking as though it would break through Guatemalan police on its way north to the American border. But Guatemalan police later regrouped and disrupted the caravan, bussing most of the migrants home. But circumstances could be very, very different for the very next migrant … [Read more...] about VIDEO immigration brief: The Next Migrant Caravan
Preventing Espionage and Terrorism: The Real Purpose Behind Trump’s Proposals for Foreign Student and Exchange Visitor Visas
The way the programs are run now, the proposal explains, undermines U.S. national security “due to reduced opportunities for direct vetting of foreign academic students by immigration officers. But it also places research universities and the nation at risk for economic, academic, or military espionage by foreign students and exchange visitors.” By Todd Bensman as published October 1, 2020 by … [Read more...] about Preventing Espionage and Terrorism: The Real Purpose Behind Trump’s Proposals for Foreign Student and Exchange Visitor Visas