Todd Bensman

From Journalism to Counterterrorism Intelligence - and Back.

Securing U.S. Borders

Texas Governor’s Unprecedented Trade Disruption Strategy Yields First Fruit

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Mexican State of Nuevo Leon will ‘prevent illegal immigration’ on its side of the border, but details are scant By Todd Bensman as originally published April 13, 2022 by the Center for Immigration Studies AUSTIN, Texas – Gov. Greg Abbott’s week-old “enhanced safety inspections” operation at border bridges, which significantly impeded international trade from Mexico, has yielded its first … [Read more...] about Texas Governor’s Unprecedented Trade Disruption Strategy Yields First Fruit

Texas Hold-Em on Border Bridges

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Angry about the coming migration tsunami, Lone Star State is slowing truck traffic from Mexico AUSTIN, Texas – National media went wild over Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s  April 6 press briefing vow that he would bus illegal immigrants to Washington D.C. But they overlooked an Abbott plan I figured in a column would matter much more: “enhanced safety inspections” of … [Read more...] about Texas Hold-Em on Border Bridges

One of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s Ideas May Prove Impactful on Mexican Enforcement of Mass Migration

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Will the Mexican government or Biden respond to an American state’s move to slow international trade? By Todd Bensman as originally published April 7, 2022 by the Center for Immigration Studies AUSTIN, Texas – In his frustration with White House policies that have unleashed an historic Noah’s Flood of mass migration through mainly Texas, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has responded with … [Read more...] about One of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s Ideas May Prove Impactful on Mexican Enforcement of Mass Migration

Notes on Ukrainian War Refugees Reaching the U.S. Southern Border

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By Todd Bensman on March 16, 2022 AUSTIN, Texas — It was inevitable that Ukrainian war refugees would find their way to the utterly besieged American southern border to claim asylum. But it is in the American interest to deny and deter Ukrainians from entering this way. The first Ukrainians to generate any significant international publicity since the Russian invasion, a … [Read more...] about Notes on Ukrainian War Refugees Reaching the U.S. Southern Border

The Biden Admin Released A Suspected Terrorist Into The United States After He Illegally Crossed The Border

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The GOP minority requested a hearing about why ICE ordered an illegal migrant on the FBI terrorism watch list to be freed despite ‘flight risk’ warning. By Todd Bensman as originally published March 4, 2022 by The Federalist USTIN, Texas –On Feb. 16, Republican Congress members asked House Democrats for permission to hold a hearing about a decision to release a suspected Islamist terrorist … [Read more...] about The Biden Admin Released A Suspected Terrorist Into The United States After He Illegally Crossed The Border

Expanding Air Deportations Coincide with Falling Border Apprehensions

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By Todd Bensman as originally published February 22, 2022 by the Center for Immigration Studies AUSTIN, Texas — In the first month of 2022, U.S. Border Patrol agents laid hands on more than two full Super Bowl stadiums worth of foreign nationals who crossed the southern border illegally, according to U.S. Border Patrol apprehensions statistics just released reflecting what happened … [Read more...] about Expanding Air Deportations Coincide with Falling Border Apprehensions

Report: Biden’s ICE Headquarters Ordered Release of Border-Crossing Terrorist Suspect from Venezuela Despite FBI Recommendation

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A Lebanon-born Venezuelan on the FBI’s Terrorism Watch List and “Highly Derogatory” Information Free in Michigan By Todd Bensman as originally published January 31, 2022 by the Center for Immigration Studies By Todd Bensman When President Joe Biden’s government ended interior deportations of illegally present foreign nationals in America last year, one group type left on a very short … [Read more...] about Report: Biden’s ICE Headquarters Ordered Release of Border-Crossing Terrorist Suspect from Venezuela Despite FBI Recommendation

Parsing Immigration Podcast:

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The UN’s Role in Aiding and Abetting Illegal Immigration The material support happens all along the migrant trail Summary Nonprofit migrant advocacy organizations near Mexico’s southern border with Guatemala are offering an unusual and controversial psychological therapy to enable migrants to continue on the trail north to the U.S. border. Todd Bensman, the Center’s senior national … [Read more...] about Parsing Immigration Podcast:

Biden Administration Secretively Renews Daily Air-Repatriation Flights to Haiti

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By Todd Bensman as published January 28, 2022 by the Center for Immigration Studies TAPACHULA, Mexico – Beyond public light, President Joe Biden’s government has ramped up daily ICE-Air deportation flights of Haitian border crossers to the capital of Port-au-Prince, a kind of operation that brought intense criticism from the Democratic Party’s progressive liberal wing when he briefly used it to … [Read more...] about Biden Administration Secretively Renews Daily Air-Repatriation Flights to Haiti