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In this week's episode of Parsing Immigration Policy, Todd Bensman, the Center's Texas-based Senior National Security Fellow, discusses his experiences at the Center as he prepares to depart for a new role working with Border Czar Tom Homan. Bensman and host Mark Krikorian reflect on his nearly seven-year tenure at the Center, focusing on his […]

In this week's episode of Parsing Immigration Policy, Todd Bensman, the Center's Texas-based Senior National Security Fellow, discusses his experiences at the Center as he prepares to depart for a new role working with Border Czar Tom Homan. Bensman and host Mark Krikorian reflect on his nearly seven-year tenure at the Center, focusing on his firsthand experiences with border issues, extensively documented in two books authored while at the Center.Growing out of field research for the Center in Latin America and his graduate studies at the Naval Postgraduate School, Bensman's first book, America's Covert Border War, addressed the national security challenges of the border, specifically focusing on “special interest aliens” – i.e. illegal border-crossers from countries where jihadist terror groups operate.Bensman's second book, Overrun, is a history of the Biden border crisis, based also on numerous visits to Mexico and Central and South America, where he interviewed hundreds of migrants, officials, aid workers, and others. Bensman uncovered the CBP One program during its pilot phase, prior to its public disclosure, shed light on UN funding for illegal immigration, and provided on-the-ground reporting during significant events such as the Del Rio migrant crisis and the lead-up to the end of Title 42.In his closing commentary, Krikorian weighed in on the recent admission of several dozen Afrikaners from South Africa into the United States as refugees, highlighting facets of the issue not addressed in most media coverage.HostMark Krikorian is the Executive Director of the Center for Immigration StudiesGuestTodd Bensman is the (soon to be former) Senior National Security Fellow.RelatedBenman's Author PageBensman's Video PlaylistAmerica's Covert Border War: The Untold Story of the Nation's Battle to Prevent Jihadist InfiltrationOverrun: How Joe Biden Unleashed the Greatest Border Crisis in U.S. HistoryAfrikaners: Persecuted Refugees or White-Privileged Aliens?Intro MontageVoices in the opening montage:Sen. Barack Obama at a 2005 press conference.Sen. John McCain in a 2010 election ad.President Lyndon Johnson, upon signing the 1965 Immigration Act.Booker T. Washington, reading in 1908 from his 1895 Atlanta Exposition speech.Laraine Newman as a "Conehead" on SNL in 1977.Hillary Clinton in a 2003 radio interview.Cesar Chavez in a 1974 interview.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaking to reporters in 2019.Prof. George Borjas in a 2016 C-SPAN appearance.Sen. Jeff Sessions in 2008 comments on the Senate floor.Charlton Heston in "Planet of the Apes".

Center for Immigration Studies Senior National Security Fellow Todd Bensman returns to the program to discuss the continually evolving situation along the US-Mexico Border. Bensman has studied the crisis and the response to it between multiple administrations, and talks about how things are changing in Donald Trump's second Presidential term, as well as how the Biden Administration's actions not only failed to make progress on border security, but were willfully regressive and counterproductive.

This week's episode of Parsing Immigration Policy reminds listeners of the threats that made President Trump's recent Executive Order, "Protecting the United States from Foreign Terrorists and Other National Security and Public Safety Threats," necessary. The Center for Immigration Studies maintains a comprehensive database detailing examples of preventable federal government vetting failures which resulted in the entry of individuals who posed a threat to national security. Todd Bensman, the Center's national security fellow, has recently added new cases into the database, highlighting the need for the improvement of U.S. vetting processes. “The Center's database offers valuable insights for preventing future threats,” said Bensman. “I hope this crucial tool for understanding past failures will be useful to the Trump administration's renewed robust security vetting efforts.”Key Highlights:Purpose: The database identifies fail points in the complex immigration security screening system, providing insights for homeland security agencies and congressional overseers to strengthen future vetting processes.Analysis: Each entry includes an after-action report detailing what went wrong, offering lessons to improve future vetting procedures. Users can access all primary research materials used in the analyses.Notable Cases Highlighted: The database contains over 50 entries revealing the entry of foreign threat actors, including a Brazilian ex-police officer who had committed mass murder; a Bosnian war criminal who ran prison camps and was involved in brutal interrogations, torturing, and the killing of inmates; and an Egyptian student who was involved in a plot to bomb the Israeli embassy.Historical Context: The 9/11 attacks prompted a comprehensive overhaul of U.S. immigration vetting processes. The year 2008 was chosen as the starting date for collecting vetting failure cases on the assumption that the first series of 9/11 visa vetting reforms would have fully vested by then and because significant new process improvements were implemented that year.In his closing commentary, Mark Krikorian, the Center's executive director and podcast host, highlights President Trump's success in securing the border, achieving the lowest level of apprehensions recorded in history. Will this administration and future administrations stay vigilant?HostMark Krikorian is the Executive Director of the Center for Immigration StudiesGuestTodd Bensman is a National Security Fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies.RelatedDatabase: National Security Vetting FailuresEgyptian Student Added to CIS National Security Vetting Failures DatabaseAfghan Evacuee Added to CIS National Security Vetting DatabaseBrazilian Mass Murderer Who Slipped through U.S. Vetting Three Times Is Added to CIS DatabasePanel: A New Database of Vetting FailuresCommonplace: They Said It Couldn't Be DoneThe Greatest Mass MIgration Border Crisis in U.S. History Is OverIntro MontageVoices in the opening montage:Sen. Barack Obama at a 2005 press conference.Sen. John McCain in a 2010 election ad.President Lyndon Johnson, upon signing the 1965 Immigration Act.Booker T. Washington, reading in 1908 from his 1895 Atlanta Exposition speech.Laraine Newman as a "Conehead" on SNL in 1977.Hillary Clinton in a 2003 radio interview.Cesar Chavez in a 1974 interview.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaking to reporters in 2019.Prof. George Borjas in a 2016 C-SPAN appearance.Sen. Jeff Sessions in 2008 comments on the Senate floor.Charlton Heston in "Planet of the Apes".

The latest episode of the Center for Immigration Studies podcast series features guest host Senior National Security Fellow Todd Bensman in conversation with Jaeson Jones, a leading expert on Mexican cartels and a border correspondent.This timely discussion highlights the recent designation of six Mexican drug cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) by the Trump administration and the multifaceted approach by all levels of government that this permits, allowing the U.S. to combat the cartels in sync with the Mexican government.Key topics covered include:Evolution of Mexican Cartels: Exploration of how Mexican cartels, now in 65 countries around the world, have transitioned from organized crime syndicates to parallel governments in Mexico, exhibiting extreme violence and governmental infiltration.Advocacy for FTO Designation: Discussion on Jones' rationale for advocating for the FTO designation, emphasizing the need for enhanced legal frameworks to effectively combat the rapid and violent operations of cartels.Strategic Framework Post-Designation: Analysis of the comprehensive approach required to dismantle cartel networks, underscoring the necessity for coordinated efforts across all branches of government.Implications of FTO Status: Examination of the potential outcomes of the FTO designation, including:Revocation of visas for individuals associated with designated cartels.Inclusion of cartel affiliates on no-fly lists.Enhanced capabilities to target and seize financial assets linked to cartel operations.Addressing Fentanyl Trafficking: Strategies to combat the smuggling of fentanyl, focusing on disrupting supply chains originating from countries such as China, Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh, and addressing the corruption within Mexico that facilitates these operations.Game Changer: Prediction by Jones – With the FTO designation, the number of lives we can now save is unprecedented.In his closing commentary, Bensman highlights the recent agreement between Mexico and the United States, in which Mexico will deploy 10,000 additional troops to the border, and the United States will assist in intercepting American guns that end up in cartel hands. However, Bensman notes a lack of reliable evidence supporting the claim that most of the cartels' firearms come from U.S. gun stores. The cartels have, for years, equipped themselves with military-grade weapons from Mexico's own corrupt military and from the armories of corrupt officials in Central American and South American nations.HostTodd Bensman is a National Security Fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies.GuestJaeson Jones is an expert on Mexican cartels and a border correspondent.RelatedJaeson Jones WebsiteJaeson Jones on XAmerican Guns Are Not to Blame for Mexico's Cartel ProblemIntro MontageVoices in the opening montage:Sen. Barack Obama at a 2005 press conference.Sen. John McCain in a 2010 election ad.President Lyndon Johnson, upon signing the 1965 Immigration Act.Booker T. Washington, reading in 1908 from his 1895 Atlanta Exposition speech.Laraine Newman as a "Conehead" on SNL in 1977.Hillary Clinton in a 2003 radio interview.Cesar Chavez in a 1974 interview.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaking to reporters in 2019.Prof. George Borjas in a 2016 C-SPAN appearance.Sen. Jeff Sessions in 2008 comments on the Senate floor.Charlton Heston in "Planet of the Apes".

This week's episode of Parsing Immigration Policy focuses on the Center's new three-part investigative series, which documents the first known terror attack in the United States committed by an illegal border-crosser. The series, titled “First Blood: Anatomy of Border-Crosser's Chicago Terror Attack”, uncovers the details of the October 26, 2024, attack in Chicago, highlights the lack of media and law enforcement coverage it received, and proposes solutions to address the national security and community safety risks stemming from the Biden border crisis.Mauritanian national Sidi Mohammad Abdallahi, who crossed the U.S.–Mexico border illegally in March 2023, targeted Orthodox Jewish residents, police officers, and paramedics in Chicago in an act of jihad supporting Hamas. Abdallahi's subsequent suicide in custody prevented a trial and further obscured the case.This week's guest and series author, Todd Bensman, traveled to Chicago to learn more about the alarming incident and to remind the country that a border-crossing terrorist, often dismissed as a hypothetical fantasy, has, in fact, struck on U.S. soil. Bensman conducted the first-ever interview with the initial target of the attack, an Orthodox Jewish man walking to attend worship services.“Abdallahi's attack is a wake-up call for a nation grappling with border security and counterterrorism challenges,” said Bensman. “There is a need for further investigation into his activities, associates, and motivations. Key agencies, including the FBI and DHS, must clarify their roles and reveal how this incident was allowed to unfold on their watch.”In his closing commentary, host Mark Krikorian discusses the recent House of Representatives passage of the “Laken Riley Act”, which would expand the categories of aliens whom DHS is required to detain to include those convicted of, arrested for, charged with, or who have admitted to committing “any burglary, theft, larceny, or shoplifting offense”, as those terms are defined in the jurisdiction where those acts are committed.HostMark Krikorian is the Executive Director of the Center for Immigration Studies.GuestTodd Bensman is the Senior National Security Fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies.RelatedPart 1: First Blood - Anatomy of Border-Crosser's Chicago Terror AttackPart 2: Mystery Terrorist - The Unknown Life and Violent Times of Illegal Border-Crosser Sidi Mohammed AbdallahiPart 3: The Remedies - How to Lower the Risk of New Terror Strikes by Border-Crossing Islamist ExtremistsIntro MontageVoices in the opening montage:Sen. Barack Obama at a 2005 press conference.Sen. John McCain in a 2010 election ad.President Lyndon Johnson, upon signing the 1965 Immigration Act.Booker T. Washington, reading in 1908 from his 1895 Atlanta Exposition speech.Laraine Newman as a "Conehead" on SNL in 1977.Hillary Clinton in a 2003 radio interview.Cesar Chavez in a 1974 interview.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaking to reporters in 2019.Prof. George Borjas in a 2016 C-SPAN appearance.Sen. Jeff Sessions in 2008 comments on the Senate floor.Charlton Heston in "Planet of the Apes".

Vince speaks with Todd Bensman, Senior National Security Fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies and Author of the book “OVERRUN: How Joe Biden unleashed the greatest border crisis in US History” about a little-covered terrorist attack in Chicago that took place on October 31st and the overall threat of terrorism given the open border of the last four years. Todd went to Chicago to investigate the terror attack and spoke to the victim who survived. Bensman says the FBI’s handling of the case is abnormal. For more coverage on the issues that matter to you, visit www.WMAL.com, download the WMAL app or tune in live on WMAL-FM 105.9 from 3-6pm. To join the conversation, check us out on social media: @WMAL @VinceCoglianese. Executive Producer: Corey Inganamort @TheBirdWords See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Adam Bensman, the “Roof Strategist” created the Roofing and Solar Reform Alliance to tackle the deep corruption and fraudulent practices he discovered when he first joined the roofing industry. The RSRA is a membership-based alliance that brings together hundreds of roofers who pledge to fight corruption and bring a new level of service to the industry. However, Adam needs help expanding this alliance and is looking to Nick and Jay for help. From expanding the membership base to tackling the often time-consuming customer service aspect of the alliance, a lot is about to be optimized in this latest episode of The Optimize Podcast.In this episode, we help Adam:Shift his business model to open up new opportunities to gain more membersCreate and support a new revenue streamAutomate the time-consuming customer service departmentLearn more about Adam:Matt Eller LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/roofstrategist/Roofing & Solar Reform Alliance Website: https://www.rsra.org/Want to get in the hot seat? Submit your business right now at theoptimizepodcast.com.If we think you're a good fit, we'll get you on the show. ®

Recent Center for Immigration Studies field work reveals a growing crisis in the Mexican southern state of Chiapas. Why are thousands of migrants bottled up in this area near the Guatemala-Mexico border, and why are caravans forming but only moving within Chiapas? On-the-ground reporting by Todd Bensman, the Center's national security fellow, highlights the impact of the Biden-Harris administration's December 2023 deal with Mexico and the potential consequences leading up to and following the U.S. election.Key findings:Biden-Harris Agreement: In December 2023, the U.S. and Mexico reached a secretive deal to keep migrants in southern Mexico to reduce the appearance of a border crisis in the U.S. The deal has resulted in the Mexican military setting up roadblocks in the region, particularly around the border town of Tapachula, to slow the flow of migrants.Migrants Bottled Up: Bensman visited Tapachula, where an estimated 150,000 migrants are stranded, with 500 to 1,500 more arriving daily. The city is overwhelmed, with high poverty levels and unrest.Caravans and Military Escorts: Migrant caravans are forming, but they are not headed to the U.S. Instead, the Mexican military is escorting them to other cities within Chiapas to ease pressure on Tapachula. Bribes and mafias enable wealthier migrants to escape the blockade, but poorer migrants remain trapped.CBP One App: The U.S. extended access to the CBP One app, previously only usable in northern Mexico, to allow migrants in southern Mexico to schedule appointments for processing into the U.S. However, delays and limited access make it difficult for most to advance quickly.Upcoming Election Tension: Many migrants feel an urgency to reach the U.S. before a potential change in leadership. Those interviewed fear that a Trump win would mean a closed border and no benefits, while they believe a Harris win would maintain the status quo and provide access to benefits.In his closing commentary, Mark Krikorian, the Center's executive director and podcast host, contends that Mexican government's prevention of migrants from approaching the U.S. border is largely political and temporary. If the administration were serious about halting the migrant flow, they would support Panama's efforts at the Darien Gap, to prevent migrants from getting to southern Mexico in the first place. He highlights Bensman's recent fieldwork in Panama, where he explored the new president's initiatives to control migrant traffic through the Darien Gap. Despite the positive implications for the U.S., the Biden-Harris administration has been slow to provide the diplomatic and financial support promised to Panama.HostMark Krikorian is the Executive Director of the Center for Immigration Studies.GuestTodd Bensman is National Security Fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies.RelatedCIS in the southern Mexican state of ChiapasDaily Mail Op-edInside ‘Zone 47': Biden's Ruthless Mexico Immigration Crackdown Is Working, but Media Won't Tie Him to ItRecent Sky-High Levels of Illegal Migration Are Dropping Fast — and Here's WhyPodcast: Investigating Panama's Efforts to Cut MigrationIntro MontageVoices in the opening montage:Sen. Barack Obama at a 2005 press conference.Sen. John McCain in a 2010 election ad.President Lyndon Johnson, upon signing the 1965 Immigration Act.Booker T. Washington, reading in 1908 from his 1895 Atlanta Exposition speech.Laraine Newman as a "Conehead" on SNL in 1977.Hillary Clinton in a 2003 radio interview.Cesar Chavez in a 1974 interview.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaking to reporters in 2019.Prof. George Borjas in a 2016 C-SPAN appearance.Sen. Jeff Sessions in 2008 comments on the Senate floor.Charlton Heston in "Planet of the Apes".

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In the News with Mike Dakkak www.itnshow.com Todd Bensman joins ITN to discuss the state of the U.S. southern border, the willingness of some nations to stem the tide of mass migration and the DHS' refusal to accept those offers. Read more of Todd's reports at https://cis.org/Bensman. Follow Todd on Twitter at https://twitter.com/BensmanTodd. We are financing the war against us. Give your money instead to companies that care about America and Americans. http://patriotsmade.com/itn. Cue Streaming: Network + Premium Channels for $59.99/mo. No Contracts. https://Inthenews.mycuestreaming.com/apply. Purchase Dr. Stella Immanuel's products at https://marketplace.drstellamd.com. Use promo code ITN and save. Shop Richardson Nutritional Center anti-cancer products now and save at https://rncstore.com/itn. Discount code for ITN viewers will be applied at checkout. Your support allows me to cover the news the MSM tries to suppress. https://www.buymeacoffee.com/itnshow.

The latest podcast episode from the Center for Immigration Studies highlights recent fieldwork conducted in Colombia and Panama. This episode explores the migration flow through the Darien Gap and examines new developments under Panama's leadership designed to manage the number of migrants traveling through this dangerous area en route to the U.S. border. Despite these initiatives carrying positive implications for U.S., the U.S. has been slow to provide the diplomatic and financial support promised to the Panamanian government.National Security Fellow Todd Bensman joins the podcast after returning from a lengthy trip to the Darien region. He shares how Panama's newly elected president, who took office on July 1, is working to close the Darien Gap to the massive surge of migrants. This region, a roadless jungle connecting Colombia and Panama, has become a strategic choke point for migrants traveling north to the United States. Many of the migrants come from Venezuela, Haiti and countries with high potential security risks. Last year, over 550,000 migrants made their way through the gap, a significant increase from previous years. So great had the volume become that Panama went from screening 90 percent of those passing through the country for terrorism or espionage before 2021 to less than 3 percent in 2024.Bensman emphasizes that the Darien Gap matters to U.S. national security as it's a transit point for migrants from over 170 countries, including those of terrorism concern. Panama's new president recognized this and moved swiftly to set up roadblocks, erect barbed wire, target smuggling networks and more. However, U.S. support, particularly financial backing for deportation flights, has been slow to materialize, allowing the flow to continue.Bensman also delves into the armed militia group that controls critical smuggling routes on the Colombia side of the Darien Gap and speaks about his exclusive CIS interview with the chief of Panama's National Border Service, Director General Jorge Gobea.HostMark Krikorian is the Executive Director of the Center for Immigration Studies.GuestTodd Bensman is the National Security Fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies.RelatedProgress Report: Has Panama Closed the Notorious ‘Darien Gap' Mass Migration Route to the U.S. Border as Promised?Exclusive Interview: Panama Border Security Chief Says Many U.S.-Bound Terror Suspects Caught in Darien Gap RegionCIS at the “Darien Gap”, heart of the U.S. Border Crisis?Intro MontageVoices in the opening montage:Sen. Barack Obama at a 2005 press conference.Sen. John McCain in a 2010 election ad.President Lyndon Johnson, upon signing the 1965 Immigration Act.Booker T. Washington, reading in 1908 from his 1895 Atlanta Exposition speech.Laraine Newman as a "Conehead" on SNL in 1977.Hillary Clinton in a 2003 radio interview.Cesar Chavez in a 1974 interview.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaking to reporters in 2019.Prof. George Borjas in a 2016 C-SPAN appearance.Sen. Jeff Sessions in 2008 comments on the Senate floor.Charlton Heston in "Planet of the Apes".

Operation Burning Edge is still ongoing as the crisis at our borders is now to DEFCON 1. While Michael Yon has been sounding the alarm on this since 2021, immediately after the installation of Joe Biden, another gentleman by the name of Todd Bensman, Senior National Security FellowAt the Center for Immigration Studies has recently returned from a trip down to central and south America where he just published his most recent report on the status of migrant flows and the politics concerning the situation down there.He is the author of "Overrun: How Joe Biden Unleashed the Greatest Border Crisis in U.S. History" and "America's Covert Border War: The Untold Story of the Nation's Battle to Prevent Jihadist Infiltration".Prior to joining CIS in August 2018, Bensman led homeland security intelligence efforts for nine years in the public sector. Bensman's body of work with policy and intelligence operations is founded on more than 20 years of experience as an award-winning journalist covering national security topics, with particular focus on the Texas border.Joining me now for what should be quite compelling, Todd Bensman.Major (ret) Gerald Malloy is running for US Senate from Vermont and is going to fire Bernie Sanders once and for all. He has strong constitutional values. A breath of fresh air!Follow Ann Vandersteel on Pickax: https://pickax.com/annvandersteelProtect your financial future with precious metals! Download your FREE Gold and Silver Guide from Genesis Gold today and take control of your financial destiny! https://genesispreciousmetals.comElevate your meals with Freedom First Beef… even if you find yourself in the middle of the apocalypse! Use code FFN for 25% off and enjoy high-quality beef whenever you crave it – today or tomorrow! https://freedomfirstbeef.comBe ready for anything life throws your way with The Wellness Company's Medical Emergency Kit. Order today using code FFN for a 10% discount at https://twc.health/ffn.Unleash the spirit of liberty in every cup with Freedom First Coffee's Founders Blend. Order now using code RIGHTNOW and savor the unparalleled taste of freedom in every patriotic sip. https://freedomfirstcoffee.com

In this episode of the Successful Life Podcast, host Corey Berrier interviews Adam Bensman, founder of the Roofing and Solar Reform Alliance and host of a YouTube channel and podcast under his name. Adam shares his journey from struggling in various jobs, including massage therapy, to finding success in roofing sales and eventually building a membership organization to improve the industry. They delve into the stigmas and challenges within the roofing industry and discuss Adam's unique sales strategies. The conversation takes a personal turn as both Corey and Adam open up about their struggles with addiction and the impact of sobriety on their lives and careers. They also touch on Adam's recent decision to overhaul his business model to focus more on community and value-driven engagement. The episode wraps up with Adam discussing his new business endeavors and offering resources for those interested in learning more about sales and the roofing industry.00:00 Introduction and Guest Welcome00:42 Adam Bensman's Background and Career Journey02:00 Challenges and Realities of Roofing Sales04:16 Changing the Roofing Industry's Reputation07:15 Effective Sales Techniques and Strategies18:19 Transition to a Membership Business Model25:58 Personal Stories of Sobriety29:45 The Importance of Community in Recovery30:20 Overcoming Shame and Sharing Your Story31:37 The Struggles and Realizations of Addiction32:43 The Journey to Sobriety and Its Challenges35:14 Reflections on Substance Use and Personal Growth38:04 The Role of Community and Support in Recovery44:40 The Value of Honest Conversations and Partnerships51:21 Upcoming Events and How to Get Involved55:05 Conclusion and Final Thoughtshttps://youtube.com/@theroofstrategist?si=NoyZP5qx_b0NFChB Support the show https://www.audible.com/pd/9-Simple-Steps-to-Sell-More-ht-Audiobook/B0D4SJYD4Q?source_code=ASSORAP0511160006&share_location=library_overflowhttps://www.amazon.com/Simple-Steps-Sell-More-Stereotypes-ebook/dp/B0BRNSFYG6/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1OSB7HX6FQMHS&keywords=corey+berrier&qid=1674232549&sprefix=%2Caps%2C93&sr=8-1https://bit.ly/4bFz4yc https://www.housecallpro.com/successullifehttps://www.facebook.com/corey.berrier https://www.linkedin.com/in/coreysalescoach/

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Show Notes and Transcript Todd Bensman, a Senior National Security Fellow, joins Hearts of Oak to discuss his book "OVERRUN" focusing on how Joe Biden's policies have led to the current border crisis. He highlights the role of progressive Democrats in this issue and emphasizes that most immigrants are seeking economic opportunities. Todd talks about the collaboration between the US and Mexico, the use of technology for legal crossings, and challenges posed by individuals from terrorism-prone countries. He suggests immediate deportation measures and disrupting support networks as potential solutions to the crisis, stressing informed decision-making.  Todd's insights provide valuable perspectives on immigration policies and their implications. OVERRUN: How Joe Biden Unleashed the Greatest Border Crisis in U.S. History Available from Amazon in book e-book and audio-book  https://amzn.eu/d/233iYg9 Todd Bensman is an editorialist and investigative author of the 2023 book OVERRUN, How Joe Biden Unleashed the Greatest Border Crisis in U.S. History and also America's Covert Border War: The Untold Story of the Nation's Battle to Prevent Jihadist Infiltration. The two-time National Press Club award winner, a former journalist of 23 years, currently serves as the Texas-based Senior National Security Fellow for the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS), a Washington, D.C. policy institute for which he writes reporting-based opinion editorials, speaks, and grants media interviews about the nexus between immigration and national security. He frequently reports from the southern border, traveling widely inside Mexico and in Central America. He has testified before Congress as an expert witness and regularly appears on radio and television outlets to discuss illegal immigration and border security matters. He writes columns and editorials about homeland security and terrorism subjects for The New York Post, The Daily Mail Online, The American Mind, Homeland Security Today, Townhall, The Federalist, The Daily Wire, The National Interest, and other publications. He serves as a Writing Fellow for the Middle East Forum and also teaches terrorism, intelligence analysis, and journalism as a university adjunct lecturer. For nearly a decade prior to joining CIS in August 2018, Bensman led counterterrorism intelligence for the Texas Department of Public Safety's Intelligence and Counterterrorism Division and its multi-agency fusion center. Before his homeland security service, Bensman worked as a reporter for more than two decades, covering national security after 9/11 as an investigative staff writer for major newspapers Connect with Todd... X/TWITTER       x.com/BensmanTodd GETTR               gettr.com/user/tbensman TRUTH              truthsocial.com/@toddbensman WEBSITE           www.toddbensman.com Interview recorded  17.6.24 Connect with Hearts of Oak... X/TWITTER        x.com/HeartsofOakUK WEBSITE            heartsofoak.org PODCASTS        heartsofoak.podbean.com SOCIAL MEDIA  heartsofoak.org/connect SHOP                  heartsofoak.org/shop *Special thanks to Bosch Fawstin for recording our intro/outro on this podcast. Check out his art theboschfawstinstore.blogspot.com and follow him on X/Twitter x.com/TheBoschFawstin Transcript (Hearts of Oak) I'm delighted to have Todd Bensman join me today, just after he was on the WarRoom, actually. Todd, it's great to have you. Thanks so much for giving us your time. (Todd Bensman) Happy to do it. Thank you. No, not at all. Just for, obviously, people can find you @BensmanTodd on Twitter, and ToddBensman.com is the website. We'll get into all of those. You currently serve as Texas-based Senior National Security Fellow for the Center for Immigration Studies. You're the author of Overrun: How Joe Biden Unleashed the Greatest Border Crisis in U.S. History, published just over a year ago, and America's Covert Border War, the Untold Story of Nations Battle to Prevent Jihadist Infiltration. I would love to talk to you just on that book, but I'm going to keep it wider on immigration. And of course, you've over 20 years in journalism. And you've got an interesting mix, I think, Todd, of kind of policy intelligence and journalism. And when I mentioned to some friends in the States, I was catching up with you over there. They all said, Todd, he's the real deal. He's one of the few journalists that really understand what is happening in terms of the border and the invasion. Now, obviously, the WarRoom, they know you. Maybe they're UK viewers. We have half and half US-UK. So maybe for the UK viewers, could you introduce yourself, Todd? Yeah, I thought you did a pretty good job there. But yeah, I work for a think tank out of DC that that deals with immigration. Prior to that, had a career, full career as a newspaper reporter for 23 years. That's my main background. I got a undergraduate and graduate degree in journalism. And then when I finished my journalism career, I was recruited to join the Texas Department of Public Safety, which is the big state police agency here in Texas to to work in their intelligence division which I did for another ten years after that so I definitely and then I have another master's degree in homeland defense and security from the Naval Postgraduate School, So I have that kind of a hybridized background and now I'm working for a think tank. So I'm kind of bringing it all together in one place, you know, reporting down on the border all the time, down in Central America, all over Mexico, all over our border to kind of get, you know, a bird's eye view of what's actually happening on the ground. And probably interviewed thousands of immigrants down there over the last few years. Well, maybe I can just start, touch on the book Overrun: How Joe Biden unleashed the greatest border crisis in U.S. history. I've had it as an audio book and I've been listening to it. I know it's available hardback and paperback. And on the back, it says the time has come to acknowledge and comprehend that America is weathering the worst mass border migration event in the nation's history. Millions of foreign nationals have overrun the border starting on Inauguration Day 2021, and millions will flow over until the end of President Joe Biden's term in 2024. Maybe you can tell me why you wanted to put it together, because it is a comprehensive overview of the Biden administration, actually what they have done in terms of mass immigration. So maybe what led you up to beginning to put pen to paper and actually bringing this book together? [4:12] Sure. Well, remember, I live in Texas. I've been doing journalism in Texas and Intel. So I'm very familiar with the numbers in any average year. And I saw that what was happening that started on Inauguration Day was something really large, unusually large. It was a really mammoth event. I could tell within six months, the numbers had broken every record in the U.S. history books of people coming over. And when you have an event, and then it just kept going, I mean, it was just like, it never stopped. The numbers just were absolutely in the millions and millions a year that we know about, that we just caught, with millions more going through uncaught. And I recognize that we're in the middle of a historic event in American history, history and maybe even world history and to me, maybe it's the old journalist in me it seems like when history is in the making and you're in position to see it somebody should write a book, you should write a book about that, that warrants a book at least, a first brush at recording this history and I hope others will follow in my footsteps and keep going, right now I'm the only one, though. Yeah, that's what it seems. I mean, what was the there must have been pushback because there have been quite a number of journalists who go to the border. It seems to be for a trip for footage and go away. And you seem to have really understood more of what is happening. I'm sure there must have been some pushback from different sources because the story you tell is a harrowing tale of the destruction and dismantling of American borders. Well, I mean, it's the book and the story of what happened here today falls right evenly, squarely on the partisan divide. The American left completely ignores my book, will not acknowledge it or even take it on or try to challenge it, which they probably view as providing oxygen to the ideas in it. Or not the ideas, but the actual reporting on the ground of what happened there. And on the conservative right, there's immediate acceptance of all of this information. There's no problem at all. My hope is that 25 years from now or 50 years from now, we won't be in this weird partisan divide. And historians will use my book and find value in it for some future time, really. I mean, I think that's the best I can hope for. But I mean, there really hasn't been much pushback from the left, except in terms of just sort of indifference, because you can't tackle it or challenge it without creating oxygen flow into the ideas. So I think the idea is that they've just decided that it's not really happening. This isn't true, that sort of thing, that it's just sort of a blip. And the Biden administration took that position officially for two years straight before they finally acknowledged that something kind of unusual was happening down there. They would deny that there was anything wrong routinely, that anything was up at all. And whenever they did that, the American media would just comply. They would just agree and swallow that and move along. So, you know, on the one hand, I think that's sort of official denialism and indifference is bad for America. At least this generation of Americans. But for me, as a former reporter and journalist, it's like wheee, this is the best thing. I own this thing. I'm all alone down there with this incredible historic event. And for that, I'm very grateful that they that they did leave off. But I also know it's bad for America. I know. I mean, it does seem so. Biden has systematically neutralized all immigration enforcement laws. And obviously, it's not just him, if anything, it's him. But that's a whole other conversation. But there has to be a group within the White House who have planned this because that collapse of immigration does not just happen naturally. There are systems in place. So that had to be dismantled. Does that mean there is a grouping that have come together to actually systematically deconstruct those immigration policies? Yes, that's exactly what happened. I lay that out in very granular detail in the book, Chapter 4, The New Theologians in particular. I think it's helpful to understand first that the U.S. Democratic Party historically has not been very far apart policy-wise from the Republicans on border security. Democrats like Bill Clinton and Barack Obama have always enforced the law to the best that they could and most definitely did not want mass migration. When mass migration influxes would happen, they were right on it to try to wrestle it to the ground and they would pass laws. And, they understood that the U.S. Legal system is very well equipped and written to prevent mass migration crises. So it's not the traditional Democratic Party, but it's what happened in 2020 was that a liberal progressive faction that is on the far fringes of the traditionalists in the Democratic Party who rode the coattails in with Biden for various reasons, partly because he hurried them. He needed their vote. He needed their vote to get the nomination first. And then he needed his vote to defeat Donald Trump, needed their vote to defeat Donald Trump. And he owed them. And what they wanted was the immigration portfolio. Those people come from a whole other cut of cloth. They have an ideology. I call them the new theologians because it's like a religion, this ideology, and they took it from Europe. It's the European neoliberal progressives that they took it from, which holds that border enforcement and borders themselves are immoral and cruel and must be abolished in the same way that slavery was abolished once upon a time or in the U.S. Jim Crow laws were wrong and cruel. And they got into all of the positions of authority over the immigration portfolio. And they're smart. And a lot of them are lawyers and they systematically dismantled all of the instrumentality of enforcement at the border and put policies in place that absolutely guaranteed to, like an 80 plus percent chance that if you showed up at our southern border on foot, you were going to get in forever. I mean, it seems as though some states, some Democrats have woken up as I've read about immigrants getting bussed or flown around. Certainly Texas has tried to make a point on that. And you've got Democrat mayors saying, oh, suddenly they don't like it. They get angry and how dare you do this. Has that woken up? I mean, specifically in New York, when Adam started pushing back on that, has that opened up a rift in the Democrat Party or is that just quietened down again? Well, the liberal progressive wing of the party, I think, understood that most Americans don't live anywhere near the border, don't see it. It's see no evil, hear no evil, etc. And I think they were relying on that unique circumstance to get away with what they were doing. And as long as they had a compliant traditional media and the president of the United States and all of his chief lieutenants saying it's not happening, there's nothing happening down there, then they could get away with it. And they did for a couple of years because most Americans aren't down there. They don't understand. It's like, oh, the right wing media is down there. Let's just, they're lying, you know, disinformation. and eventually the pipeline backed up. To the point with people in all of these cities, because millions of people were just pouring over in massive torrents, unbelievable torrents of humanity all day, every day, just pouring in with no media coverage. But eventually, they had to go somewhere and live. So the pipeline backed up and it burst in all these cities, Chicago, New York, Denver, Boston, Washington, San Francisco, LA, every city in the United States, all over Florida. You couldn't get away with it. You couldn't get away. You could not avert your eyes from it. Now it was in people's backyards and they were mad about it. Did not like what they were seeing, the massive amounts of resources, municipal budgets that were being diverted to illegal immigrants over native born or residents in their cities who needed the money and needed the programs. Created a lot of anger. And it's in everybody's face. You can go into any American airport and they're all over the place. They're in every terminal, flying still going from here to there. So well We'll get into flying a little bit another point in the book you talked about kind of the relationship between Mexico and the U.S I think you said within like 48 hours legislation was passed in Mexico and it seemed to be that they were ready in conjunction with Biden with people ready to just push over the border as soon as as Biden came in, tell us more about kind of how that works, that kind of relationship between Mexico and what part they've had to play in this. Sure. Well, first of all, you have to remember that, you know, when Trump was still in office, he had a mass migration too, but he wrestled it down like Democrats and Republicans always do, until now. He wrestled it down and he put policies in place that were pushback policies. Remain in Mexico, and then after that for COVID. And these were very, very effective. And they resulted in, tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands of immigrants being captured by Border Patrol, and instead of admitted into the United States were pushed back to Mexico. And that was going on for the full year of the last the last year of Trump in office. The Mexicans, of course, hated this because they got stuck with the hot potato, right? You know, that game. And it was expensive and they were filling up all of the Mexican detention centers. They were immigrants still pouring into Mexico and being pushed from the United States. And it was this terrible situation for them. And so the Mexicans were listening to the Biden campaign saying, we're going to let everybody in. We're going to be nice and kind and gentle, and we're going to get rid of the COVID pushbacks, we're going to get rid of the remain in Mexico pushbacks, etc. And they waited until the election. 48 hours after the election, the Mexican parliament passed a law that got no coverage, either on the Mexican side or on the US side, that forced, quote unquote, Mexico to empty all all of its detention centers of family units within 60 days or after 60 days. So that by the time Biden was going to enter office, they would be waiting at the border for the transition. That's what happened. They released tens of thousands to the border. They rushed up there and they knew that on the transition day, Biden was going to let them all in. And even though there was COVID restrictions, he was saying, we're going to get rid of those. We're going to end Title 42, which was the COVID pushbacks. And in the end, he couldn't do it for legal reasons, but he still opened vast exemptions in the COVID pushback rule so that all of those people could come in. And so at noon, January 21, you could see them just pouring in. It began hundreds of thousands on that day at that hour when the clock struck noon on Inauguration Day. They were on the march and it never ended. Wow. I thought actually just, I know there's a little pushback on it. Whenever I was over in Texas, I talked to some people and they said, you know, it's not really as bad because if it was, we would be drowning in people. We go about our lives normally in Fort Worth or in Dallas or down in Austin and it seems fine. How do you respond to that? If people don't see it, then they don't necessarily believe it's happening. Well, I think that there are still places where people can, if they choose, can choose not to see it. But it's in every community. I mean, there's six, eight million people in 36 months across that border. Now, we're a nation of 350 million. So there's still room to fan out. But if you're talking about Fort Worth, I would just point you to their school district, which is absolutely completely smashed and overwhelmed with migrant kids. And there's no space for them. And Fort Worth is having to pass bond elections that increase taxes to pay for more classroom space and temporary buildings and teachers and all the rest of that. And they can't even close to come up, keep up with it. And, I mean, really any school district in the country is facing something that looks just like that. So Fort Worth is definitely, if you want to see it, you can see it. What's that movie, Don't Look Up, you know, where the big meteor is coming? There are plenty of people that got away for a long time without looking up and said there's no meteor coming. No meteor coming but they're here and they're here by the millions and all you got to do is look up. I get that maybe if you go down to California, that a Californian government doesn't really care unhappily for its state to be even more destroyed, where you look at Texas you expect there to be pushback and yes there maybe isn't the wall that was expected but you'd expect the National Guard troops to be there pushing back. But that doesn't seem to have happened in a way that maybe I naively would have expected as a Brit thinking, don't worry, Texas have got this. It doesn't seem to be the case. Is that a fair assessment? Yes. I mean, Texas has done more than any other state in the country to get some sort of a control handle on what's happening at the border. But ultimately, as a state, they have no authority whatsoever to actually put policies in place that deter the immigrants from coming through Texas. And what I mean by that is, if you're an immigrant and you cross our border and we let you in, you have to be deported in order to have a deterrent. Like if you spend $10,000 on smuggling fees and you get deported afterwards, and that's a loss, a massive loss, you're in debt, you lost $10,000, you're going to stay home. You're going to stay home. But Texas hasn't been able to do that because behind them is the Federal Border Patrol, who are under orders to usher everybody that they can get their hands on into the country forever. So, if Texas can't deport them and the federal government won't, the federals are going to win out there. I don't mean to diminish what Texas is doing. They're doing a lot of good in other ways. They're catching drug smugglers, lots and lots of them, drug loads, arresting a lot of people smugglers, and breaking up stash houses and patrolling areas where border patrol is not there. So, and with helicopters. And so they're, I think, countering a lot of kind of basic criminality from the border crisis. But ultimately they can't really return immigrants or deport them back to their home countries that's a too big of a of a federal job Tell us about, because there are two aspects, there's the aspect of governments and how they cooperate and the economic pull and push but it's also the individuals and you mentioned the beginning, you had interviewed many of those coming over but did any of those stand out to surprise you? What were, as you got down the nitty gritty and heard the personal stories, how did that impact you and what did you take away from that? I mean, in broad brushstrokes, my big takeaway from interviewing literally thousands of immigrants is on their way in before they get lawyered up or before they're in US control or in custody, that they all are coming because we're letting them in. That's like the big take. I know it sounds simple, but you'd be surprised at how many regular Americans can't really get their head around that or just won't believe it, that they're not fleeing something terrible. They're not fleeing criminality. They're not fleeing government persecution. They almost never talk about that. They're coming for jobs and to earn more money and to enhance their lifestyles. They want to adopt the very famous indulgent American lifestyle. They want to live here. We have a lot of space. We have a lot of money. We're giving a lot of money away. You can earn if you want, or if you don't want to earn, you can get on the public welfare system and live very well. So it's very, I guess, universal, that, that a they're not really fleeing terrible harms at all. They are coming to something much like a good corollary to this would be maybe the California gold rush, where they found a couple of nuggets in the hills in California. And the second word got back east. We had wagon trains and of people rushing to the California gold rushes, not, they weren't fleeing something terrible in Pennsylvania, or they were just kind of poor. And maybe they figured they could do better with this big grand adventure. That I just liken this to that. And people don't really understand that. They're like, oh, these poor immigrants, we must give them sanctuary. That's not what this is. That's, They're like gold prospectors from 1840, more than they are Vietnamese boat people or Jews fleeing the Holocaust. And on that, I just want to pick up one or two stories that you put up recently on the website and on Centre for Immigration Studies. And I think last month, the story was a secret finally revealed, Americans can know the US cities, receiving hundreds of thousands of immigrants flying from abroad. That was May last month. And you'd said a House committee data release confirms a Centre for Immigration Studies report that you had done. But tell us about that information, because you'd expect you expect information to be public. And then after a while, you realize when you delve deeper, actually, it's set up. So the public aren't supposed to really be aware of what's happening. But you're able to list those cities. Tell us a little bit about that. Well, one thing that the Biden administration felt like it needed to do was remove the appearance of mass chaos of thousands of people. Moving between the ports of entry over the border. Once it got to a certain point, there would be some media would go down there and it just looked awful. And it got in the way of them being able to deny that anything unusual was happening when you would have these huge, you know, surging people. So they came up with programs that would let would-be planning aspiring border crossers to stay in Mexico for a little while longer and apply on a cell phone app. To cross quote unquote legally. They could schedule their illegal crossings at a land bridge or they could schedule on a phone or on a computer in their home countries to fly directly into the United States from their foreign airports and therefore remove themselves and their numbers from the total coming through illegally so that they wouldn't draw as much attention. Those are called parole programs. There's a flight one where they're flying directly and there's a land one where you can walk across at the invitation of CBP, U.S. Border and Customs and Border Protection over the land ports. To date, we've got almost 900,000 people have entered the United States through these kind of created admissions programs. But then as soon as they announced them, the administration just shut up about them and nobody asked what was happening with them until I came along and I put in Freedom of Information Act requests. I wanted to know how many, which nationalities were crossing at the land, how many were flying in, which airports were they flying into, which ones were they flying from. So the story that's out right now, the most recent one is about the airports that they're flying from. These are four nationalities for this program, Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans. And the idea is we're going to bring them, let them fly in because they're under dire humanitarian stress. We need to rescue them. That's the purpose of the program. We're rescuing people. But when I got my hands on the country of departure list, I found that they were authorizing these flights from all over Europe. Europe, Germany, France, the UK, Italy, Spain, Iceland, Israel, all of the Gulf states, Australia, from places that could not even remotely be called dangerous or where anybody living there could ever claim a humanitarian need to obtain American protection and sanctuary. So this just kind of gives lie to all of the way that they are justifying this thing, this huge admissions program by air that you need to escape from Japan. You're a Cuban and living in Japan and you have to escape from Barbados and Aruba and the Virgin Islands, all these kind of vacation spots, these beautiful jewels of vacation wonderlands is just absurd, nobody who knows this information could possibly now accept what the administration is saying about that program or even about the one where they're crossing the land bridges too. Well we had the same issue in Europe where everyone wanted to to get to the UK despite being in safe country after safe country after safe country in Europe, so we had the same issues. Right the whole thing, asylum there and here is just a complete bogus lie, all of it is just there is no practical use nobody coming to these countries is really looking for asylum. They're using the asylum system to just get in. And then it's like, deport me. I dare you. Track me down and deport me. And of course, there's no will to do deportations in liberal governments like the Biden administration. There's none at all. And they all know it. Or the UK. We don't deport either. We just bring people in. What's the, you talked about the phone app and you talked about disagreement. This isn't agreement with NGO. Is this agreements with countries on how to actually bring illegals back and forward? Can you rephrase the question? So you talked about the phone app that people can actually go on and then they can organize it ahead. And you talked about coming from safe countries. Is this movement, is this organized by governments, you seem to say, or is it NGOs? Right. Well, I mean, most of it is self, I would say, is self-propelled, but it's informed self-propulsion. So, the United Nations has established networks of support all along way stations, all along the illegal immigrant trails in Latin America and also in Europe. They're everywhere. Food, clothing, shelter, transportation, medical, whatever you need along the route, these organizations, the United Nations, UNHCR, IOM, and many other UN agencies, as well as, you know, hundreds of NGOs have gotten in on the action too. Almost all of it is in the U.S. is funded by the U.S. State Department and taxpayers. I think most Americans don't really understand that the facilitation is that they're funding the facilitation of all of this. And I believe that there are a great many immigrants that would have just stayed home out of uncertainty about the ardour of the trail. Were it not for all of these NGOs, all along the way, they're getting legal support and coaching and assistance of every possible kind so that nobody ever really want for anything. And that's got to play on the decision-making process to leave home. Of course it does. It's also the mass economic hit, but it's also the terrorist side. And again, you've put a post up about the recent arrests of the Tajikistani border crossers for terrorism and commented that you had actually testified before Congress on this last year about terrorist entry through the southwest border. Tell us about that wasn't on my radar at all. Do you want to fill us in a little bit on that? Sure. Well, I mean, this is when I was in the intelligence business and in my last few years as a journalist, I reported and worked extravagantly on the issue of immigrants coming from terror harboring countries over our southern border. And I wrote an entire book about this. I still to this day am the author of the only book about terrorist infiltration and what we do about it here in the United States over our southern border. It's called America's Covert Border War. It's all about this. And I've been warning about this for years. Well, now what we're seeing in the crush of humanity that has overwhelmed all of our counterterrorism programs and protocols down there, we're now starting to see terror attacks, terror plots in very recent times. One of them is the Tajikistanis that you mentioned. That's only the most recent one. Eight Tajikistanis arrested earlier in June, the first week of June, in three American cities. They all came over the border. One of them used the phone app that I mentioned earlier. The other ones we're not sure. They could have used the phone app or just crossed illegally. And the FBI got a sting operation going and just arrested all of them. And we don't have a whole lot more information about that case. They're sandbagging. But just a month ago, we had two Jordanians illegally present in the U.S. Conduct a vehicle ramming attack with a big box truck on Quantico Marine Corps base. One of them had just the month before in April of this year crossed the southern border from Mexico. He ends up over in the Washington, D.C. area, northern Virginia, doing some sort of a truck attack on a major military installation that also happens to be a big FBI training academy, very, you know, rich in targeting symbology, right? So. We also have had a Russian cross the border and get caught up. He's from Chechnya area, get caught up in a major terrorism sting. He's sending thousands of dollars to an Al Qaeda group in Syria. The FBI said that they believe that he had they not arrested him in January of this year. I'm sorry. I think it was in 2022. They arrested him that he would have gone kinetic or they thought he may go violent himself, operational, not just sending money. So we've seen 360 people from the Middle East who were already on the FBI's terrorism watch list cross our border. Biggest record by far that we've ever seen in numbers like that. In the book, America's Covert Border War, I point out in the entire first chapter that Europe suffered a series, an unending series of terror attacks from one end of the continent to the other, including in the UK, from immigrants that came in on the 2014-2015 mass migration wave. And I used that in my entire first chapter to warn that this could happen to the United States, were we to have a similar mass migration event. That book published in January, February 2021. So it was a little early, just as this thing was getting started. But here we are. Todd just to finish off can I ask you the solution to this mess and does aTrump administration coming in, does that fix it? Is this too big? has this are there too many people actually in the country and no knowledge of who they are, I mean what kind of is possibly the solution to the mass U.S. finds herself in? I mean, I believe that the incoming humanity can be shut off in about 30 minutes. That's like as fast as they started it, they could end that by just simply pushing everybody back to Mexico. 100%. Everybody goes back to Mexico. That's what Trump was doing. That's why the numbers were so low at the end of the Trump term. So there's Remain in Mexico, there's policies where you can push people back and not let them apply for asylum. They can apply in Mexico. Mexico is a safe country or somewhere else. Those are all doable. And nobody wants to spend $5,000 or $10,000 crossing if you know you're going to get pushed back. You're going to lose your money. It's that simple. It's literally that simple. When I interview immigrants, that's what they tell me. Yeah, we waited until Trump was gone because we would have lost all our money. It's that simple. So it's a cost benefit ratio calculation that every smart immigrant makes, so that the numbers can go down. Now, it's a much steeper hill or mountain to climb to deport eight million people. That is something that the Trump campaign is promising to do. I believe that they will definitely get some kind of a monumental deportation program underway. They're going to take heat for that. There'll be political, there'll be lawsuits, there'll be all kinds of blowback. And so, but the important thing is that when people at home in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, see that the administration is rounding up and wants to round up all Hondurans, they're going to stay home. Just the messaging of some of that is going to deter a lot. And I also think that the administration probably will punish the NGOs and disrupt their flow of cash and remove the network of support that is so alluring for them. So it's, he may not be able to deport that many people in four years but he may not need to. Todd I really appreciate you coming on, immigration is certainly the big topic, even here in the UK, and our election three weeks away as it is over with you for November, I think the best place is obviously the books, all the links in the description, people can follow you on Twitter, but I think certainly go to the website, toddbensman.com, and people can sign up to your newsletter. I think that's probably the best way of keeping in contact with the information you're putting out. Yes, that's right. Awesome. Well, Todd, thank you so much for coming on today and sharing your experiences on this huge issue. Thank you, and good luck over there in Europe, a couple of years ago, they arrested five Tajikistanis there plotting to blow up US military installations in Germany. Yeah, it's the same struggle we face all across the West, but thank you certainly for highlighting this.

To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here: https://trybta.com/PCEP163   Download our Ideal Candidate Profile + Job Posting Tool for FREE here: https://trybta.com/DLEP163  Over the last year, the tone has changed with salespeople. The deals aren't closing the way they were, and entrepreneurs are (understandably) frustrated. You need rockstar closers, but instead, you're stuck with a bunch of order-takers. A decade of low interest rates, strong economies, plus MEGA improvements in digital marketing has created a whole cohort of (frankly) average sales professionals who are not exactly thriving in this tighter, more competitive environment. Adam Bensman is the author of the Roofing Sales Survival Guide, the creator of the Roof Strategist Sales System, and the founder of the Roofing and Solar Reform Alliance (that's a lotta stuff!). His sales education videos have a massive following on YouTube, and if you go check it out, you'll see why. This guy's legit. Today's conversation has everything you need to fix a lethargic salesperson or sales team and get them firing on all cylinders as we head into a new economy. As Adam says: A “feeling” economy. To learn more about Adam Bensman, check out his YouTube channel, The Roofing Strategist: https://www.youtube.com/ @TheRoofStrategist  To learn more about the Roofing & Solar Reform Alliance click here: https://www.rsra.org/  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

To learn more about Breakthrough Academy, click here: https://trybta.com/PCEP163   Download our Ideal Candidate Profile + Job Posting Tool for FREE here: https://trybta.com/x5l Over the last year, the tone has changed with salespeople. The deals aren't closing the way they were, and entrepreneurs are (understandably) frustrated. You need rockstar closers, but instead, you're stuck with a bunch of order-takers. A decade of low interest rates, strong economies, plus MEGA improvements in digital marketing has created a whole cohort of (frankly) average sales professionals who are not exactly thriving in this tighter, more competitive environment. Adam Bensman is the author of the Roofing Sales Survival Guide, the creator of the Roof Strategist Sales System, and the founder of the Roofing and Solar Reform Alliance (that's a lotta stuff!). His sales education videos have a massive following on YouTube, and if you go check it out, you'll see why. This guy's legit. Today's conversation has everything you need to fix a lethargic salesperson or sales team and get them firing on all cylinders as we head into a new economy. As Adam says: A “feeling” economy. To learn more about Adam Bensman, check out his YouTube channel, The Roofing Strategist: https://www.youtube.com/ @TheRoofStrategist  To learn more about the Roofing & Solar Reform Alliance click here: https://www.rsra.org/  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this week's episode of Parsing Immigration Policy, Todd Bensman, the Center's senior national security fellow, joins us live from Juarez, Mexico. Bensman takes us into La Linea Cartel territory, where he is investigating the smuggling of dangerous criminals into the United States. Reporting from the Mexican side of the border, opposite El Paso, Bensman […]

In this week’s episode of Parsing Immigration Policy, Todd Bensman, the Center’s senior national security fellow, joins us live from Juarez, Mexico. Bensman takes us into La Linea Cartel territory, where he is investigating the smuggling of dangerous criminals into the United States. Reporting from the Mexican side of the border, opposite El Paso, Bensman offers a firsthand account of migrant... Source

In this week's episode of Parsing Immigration Policy, Todd Bensman, the Center's senior national security fellow, joins us live from Juarez, Mexico. Bensman takes us into La Linea Cartel territory, where he is investigating the smuggling of dangerous criminals into the United States. Reporting from the Mexican side of the border, opposite El Paso, Bensman offers a firsthand account of migrant activity from the area where just two weeks ago hundreds of migrants pushed past Texas law enforcement in a daring charge to reach the Border Patrol, which they know will quickly process and release them. Other migrants – especially on the west side of Juarez, opposite Democratic-run New Mexico – are “runners”, illegal aliens who do not turn themselves in because of criminal histories or warrants.Bensman witnesses the operation launched by the Mexican president to round up migrants and move them hundreds of miles south. This operation, involving hundreds of officers from across Mexico, utilizes minibuses deployed to key border areas. It forms part of a deal with the Biden administration, where Mexico has demanded $20 billion annually to address the so-called “root causes” of migration in Latin America and the Caribbean, the lifting of sanctions on Cuba and Venezuela, and the granting of amnesty to millions of Mexican illegal immigrants in the U.S.On the Texan side of the border, Bensman describes a surge in fencing construction, with miles of infrastructure being erected to deter illegal crossings. Texas authorities employ a variety of non-lethal tactics, including the use of pepper balls, to control crowds. However, despite these efforts, vulnerabilities persist, as evidenced by American contractors patching holes in the fence throughout the day, every day.In his closing commentary, Mark Krikorian, the Center's executive director and podcast host, highlights the Biden administration once again teasing that it is going to do something dramatic to control the border. Of course, the president has always had the authority to limit who comes into the country, but has chosen not to.HostMark Krikorian is the Executive Director of the Center for Immigration Studies.GuestTodd Bensman is the National Security Fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies.RelatedTerrifying report on how ‘pedophiles and killers' pay smugglers $5,000 to sneak them across the borderMexican President Blackmails Biden over the BorderInside ‘Zone 47': Biden's Ruthless Mexico Immigration Crackdown Is Working, but Media Won't Tie Him to ItBiden again teases to do something he always could do – close the border.FollowFollow Parsing Immigration Policy on Ricochet, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Amazon Music, Spotify, Pandora, Google Podcasts, or use the podcast's RSS Feed.Intro MontageVoices in the opening montage:Sen. Barack Obama at a 2005 press conference.Sen. John McCain in a 2010 election ad.President Lyndon Johnson, upon signing the 1965 Immigration Act.Booker T. Washington, reading in 1908 from his 1895 Atlanta Exposition speech.Laraine Newman as a "Conehead" on SNL in 1977.Hillary Clinton in a 2003 radio interview.Cesar Chavez in a 1974 interview.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaking to reporters in 2019.Prof. George Borjas in a 2016 C-SPAN appearance.Sen. Jeff Sessions in 2008 comments on the Senate floor.Charlton Heston in "Planet of the Apes".

In this episode of Roofing Road Trips®, Heidi J. Ellsworth visits with Adam Bensman of The Roof Strategist, Jon Gardner of Owens Corning, Kody Landals of Landals Roofing, Ryan Shantz of SumoQuote, and Anna Anderson of Art Unlimited about how to sell more with solar. With the launch of the Solar PROtect™ Program, Owens Corning now offers contractors the opportunity to be specially trained to install solar panel mounts as part of the Owens Corning Total Protection Roofing System®. Only contractors with Solar PROtect certification can offer the Solar PROtect limited warranty, a first-of-its-kind workmanship warranty that includes solar installation. During the podcast, the guests will talk about Owens Corning's commitment to advancing sustainability through its Solar PROtect Program and how contractors can now sell more solar utilizing Solar PROtect and the Owens Corning business solutions offered by this esteemed panel.  Learn more at RoofersCoffeeShop.com!    Are you a contractor looking for resources? Become an R-Club Member today! https://www.rooferscoffeeshop.com/rcs-club-sign-up    Follow Us!   https://www.instagram.com/rooferscoffeeshop/?hl=en  https://www.facebook.com/rooferscoffeeshop/  https://www.linkedin.com/company/rooferscoffeeshop-com  https://www.tiktok.com/@rooferscoffeeshop    #RoofersCoffeeShop  #RoofingProfessionals #RoofingContractors #RoofingIndustry 

A new Department of Labor law went into effect on March 11, and it affects everyone who uses subcontractors of any kind. The law focuses on the 1099 vs. W-2 situation, so your sales reps and production crews could be impacted. Dave and John discuss this topic and more with “The Roof Strategist” in today's episode.   Before the interview with Adam Bensman, John gives an update from Peach State Roofing about what we can learn about always striving to be better, presenting a solid brand, and why it pays to wear your company apparel EVERYWHERE.   Adam Bensman, aka The Roof Strategist, is a seasoned entrepreneur and recognized expert in the roofing industry. His coaching and consulting approach covers sales, marketing, operations, team building, and financial management. He is the creator of the Roofing Sales Success Formula, which is being used by thousands of roofers in every US state and several foreign countries. He is the author of The Roofing Sales Survivor Guide and is the founder of the Roofing & Solar Reform Alliance (RSRA). RSRA seeks to transform the roofing and solar industry by giving amazing customer experiences and rebuilding integrity in what has been a beleaguered and much-maligned industry. Through his coaching programs, online resources, and speaking engagements, Adam equips professionals to reach their full potential in the roofing business. As a repeat guest on our show, Adam last joined us in 2021 for Episode 205, How To Build Your Sales Dream Team.    What you'll hear in this episode: For effective time management, audit your input and measure it against your output. Adam's mission: to disrupt the roofing industry and bring a new flavor of sales training to give every customer an amazing experience The fact: 77% of homeowners don't trust contractors and view them as con artists and scammers. The origin of RSRA and the commitment to be different The problems in the roofing industry: a low barrier to entry, unlicensed tradesmen, fraudulent opportunists, a high failure rate, and greed Adam's perspective on the FLSA (Fair Labor Standards Act), its impact on independent contractors, and what appears to be efforts to squash out the small company The big deal about the FLSA: “The gray area is gone.”  The type of contractors Adam is looking for to join the RSRA: “those who want to outsell, outgrow, and out-compete the rest as we stomp the scum out” The five components of the RSRA pledge–and how it is enforced and policed (You can join today!) An overview of Adam's sales training, available exclusively to RSRA members Resources Connect with Adam Bensman and the RSRA: Website, Join the RSRA, Instagram, YouTube, The Roof Strategist Podcast, and Adam's book, The Roofing Sales Survivor Guide *Call or text the RSRA: 303-222-7133 Set up a FREE strategy call with Dave and get a few tips on how you can improve your business:  https://davesullivan.as.me/free-strategy-call Interested in learning more about our 1-on-1 coaching, our mastermind groups, or our fractional professional services? Email me at dave@theroofercoach.com. or send me a text at (510) 612-1450. No Plan? No problem. Download our FREE 1-Page Business Plan For Roofing Contractors https://theroofershow.com/plan. Vetted Sponsors Of The Roofer Show Have RUBY answer your phones and tee up the sale by leaving a great first impression. Use this link to get up to $150 off your first month's service: http://get.ruby.com/theroofercoach. Automate your Follow-Up and close more sales with PROLINE. Get started for FREE at https://useproline.com/. Use promo code “Dave50” for $50 off your first month's service!

It's bad enough that the Biden administration refuses to secure our border and is allowing millions of people into the U.S. despite knowing almost nothing about most of them. We see the impact in big cities and small towns across the nation. Do you see it where you live?Well, apparently Biden is not content only to welcome millions of illegals coming by foot. He's also flying hundreds of thousands of them into the country - at least 320,000 last year alone.Infuriatingly, this is all currently legal. In early 2023, Biden announced unilateral policy changes that allow 30,000 people per month to apply for asylum from a smartphone app. But as a Freedom of Information request from the Center for Immigration Studies confirms, the applicants had no legal justification for entering the nation.It doesn't end there. Despite the Freedom of Information request, the government still refuses to reveal the 43 different airports to which they secretly flew these migrants in the United States.Sara sees this all the time. Every time she's at the airport in Texas, Chicago, and almost any other city, she sees illegals and their manila envelopes trying to figure out how to get to their destinations. Today, she explains exactly what Biden is doing, how it works, and how it impacts you.We are being invaded. The invasion is aided and abetted by our government. And the American people need to take their government back before it's too late.Thanks for being part of the Sara Carter Show.Please visit our great sponsors:Goldcohttp://saralikesgold.comGet your free gold kit today and learn how to get $10,000 in bonus silver. My Pillowhttps://mypillow.com/carterSleep like a dream with the My Pillow Giza Dream Sheets on sale now!Time Stamps:0:05 Don't buy Biden's border bluff4:01 Biden flying in thousands of migrants on your dime6:56 Anyone could be a victim7:53 I've seen these flights.9:38 This does not affect them11:36 Key points in Bensman's article17:15 This will have implications for 2024Read Todd's report:https://cis.org/Bensman/Government-Admission-Biden-Parole-Flights-Create-Security-Vulnerabilities-US-Airports

This Week’s episode of the Parsing Immigration Podcast offers key findings from a European field-research trip by Todd Bensman, the Center's national security fellow. Bensman was a visiting fellow at the Budapest-based Migration Research Institute, and examined borders in Hungary, Slovenia, Poland, Croatia, Bosnia, Serbia, Kosovo, North Macedonia, and Greece. Bensman's research revealed a resurgence […]

Vince speaks with Senior National Security Fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies and author of  “OVERRUN: How Joe Biden Unleashed the Greatest Border Crisis in US History” about Mexico's President AMLO claiming Biden pretending to care about the border is a political stunt.     For more coverage on the issues that matter to you visit www.WMAL.com, download the WMAL app or tune in live on WMAL-FM 105.9 from 3-6pm.     To join the conversation, check us out on social media: @WMAL @VinceCoglianese.      Executive Producer: Corey Inganamort @TheBirdWords See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Todd Bensman is a Senior National Security Fellow for the Center for Immigration Studies and the author of “Overrun: How Joe Biden Unleashed the Greatest Border Crisis in U.S. History.” Border Crisis.

Do you trust the Biden administration to secure the border?Greg Abbott and conservative governors across America certainly don't.In the face of an unrelenting border crisis, brave state leaders from every corner of our country are standing up to a federal government that refuses to enforce the law. This current predicament has the chance to turn into a constitutional crisis and will certainly affect the 2024 election.To break down all the angles around the showdown at Shelby Park, Sara invites long-time border reporter and author Todd Bensman. Additionally, Bensman also shares his latest reporting on President Biden's covert deal with President Obrador of Mexico which likely involved millions of dollars in exchange for the destruction of migrant camps on the Mexican side of the border.Finally, Bensman and Sara take a long look at the Colony Ridge migrant neighborhood and the incentive structure around this obviously illegal development inside the State of Texas.Thank you for being a part of the Sara Carter Show!Please visit our great sponsors:My Pillowhttps://mypillow.com/carterSave on all your favorite products during their Thank You Blow Out sale going on now!Time Stamps:0:05 Backstabbed2:22 This is about sending a message5:48 Biden's Mexico deal7:49 Immigration is # 1 10:01 Is this a historical moment?13:18 BP doesn't want to do this15:19 The secret Mexican deal18:46 AMLO's deal20:53 The media is silent on this story25:21 The threat of sleeper cells is real25:36 Woke DEI regime28:03 Prayer rugs at the border29:26 Colony Ridge is a huge issue34:03 EPA investigation of Colony Ridge37:45 What will happen in Shelby Park?40:55 This is on President Biden45:59 Show CloseGet Bensman's Book: https://a.co/d/2iPsKS9

Do you trust the Biden administration to secure the border? Greg Abbott and conservative governors across America certainly don’t. In the face of an unrelenting border crisis, brave state leaders from every corner of our country are standing up to a federal government that refuses to enforce the law. This current predicament has the chance […]

Audio has leaked of a conversation between Kari Lake and Arizona GOP chairman Jeff DeWit that makes Glenn furious. Glenn demands that the RNC come clean about who “back east” tried to bribe Lake to hold off on her Senate run. New information has come out on an alleged plan to make Michelle Obama the Democrats' 2024 presidential nominee. Center for Immigration Studies senior fellow Todd Bensman joins Glenn to review the insane amount of money the U.N. plans to spend in 2024 on assisting, aiding, and abetting the border invasion. Texas DPS spokesperson Lt. Chris Olivarez tells Glenn how Texas is doubling down on protecting the border after the Supreme Court's razor wire ruling. The Maine Wire editor in chief Steve Robinson joins to report on hundreds of illegal Chinese-owned marijuana cultivation sites popping up in Maine. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

WMAL GUEST: 8:05 AM - INTERVIEW - TODD BENSMAN - senior national security fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies Supreme Court rules border agents can remove razor wire erected by Texas TODD BENSMAN: Don't believe the lies: The UN is paying illegals using US taxpayer cash Where to find more about WMAL's morning show:  Follow the Show Podcasts on Apple podcasts, Audible and Spotify. Follow WMAL's "O'Connor and Company" on X: @WMALDC, @LarryOConnor,  @Jgunlock,  @patricepinkfile and @heatherhunterdc.  Facebook: WMALDC and Larry O'Connor Instagram: WMALDC Show Website: https://www.wmal.com/oconnor-company/ How to listen live weekdays from 5 to 9 AM: https://www.wmal.com/listenlive/ Episode: Tuesday, January 23, 2024 / 8 AM Hour  O'Connor and Company is proudly presented by Veritas Academy!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In the 8 AM Hour: Larry O'Connor and Julie Gunlock discussed: WMAL GUEST: 8:05 AM - INTERVIEW - TODD BENSMAN - senior national security fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies Supreme Court rules border agents can remove razor wire erected by Texas TODD BENSMAN: Don't believe the lies: The UN is paying illegals using US taxpayer cash California Senate candidates gang up on lone Republican on stage during debate: 'Always a Dodger' Adam Schiff gets called out during the CA Senate debate by Republican Steve Garvey for lying about Russian collusion WMAL GUEST: 8:35 AM - INTERVIEW - GREGG PEMBERTON - DC Police Union chairman on public safety bill  and the crime problem in DC  D.C. Council to consider massive public safety bill Tuesday Oakland, California's only In-N-Out restaurant closing due to crime Where to find more about WMAL's morning show:  Follow the Show Podcasts on Apple podcasts, Audible and Spotify. Follow WMAL's "O'Connor and Company" on X: @WMALDC, @LarryOConnor,  @Jgunlock,  @patricepinkfile and @heatherhunterdc.  Facebook: WMALDC and Larry O'Connor Instagram: WMALDC Show Website: https://www.wmal.com/oconnor-company/ How to listen live weekdays from 5 to 9 AM: https://www.wmal.com/listenlive/ Episode: Tuesday, January 23, 2024 / 8 AM Hour  O'Connor and Company is proudly presented by Veritas Academy!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Vince speaks with Todd Bensman, Senior National Security Fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies and author of the book  “OVERRUN: How Joe Biden unleashed the greatest border crisis in US History” about how Joe Biden may have struck a deal with Mexico to close the border.   For more coverage on the issues that matter to you visit www.WMAL.com, download the WMAL app or tune in live on WMAL-FM 105.9 from 3-6pm.     To join the conversation, check us out on social media: @WMAL @VinceCoglianese.      Executive Producer: Corey Inganamort @TheBirdWords See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

According to the World Economic Forum, the biggest threat to humanity is misinformation and disinformation. Glenn monologues on this and the latest hit piece on him and BlazeTV by the Independent regarding climate change. Rebel News founder Ezra Levant joins to discuss what's happening on the ground at Davos. “Overrun” author Todd Bensman joins to give the truth about the migrant drowning deaths that occurred in Eagle Pass.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

According to the World Economic Forum, the biggest threat to humanity is misinformation and disinformation. Glenn monologues on this and the latest hit piece on him and BlazeTV by the Independent regarding climate change. In Canada, psychiatrist Jordan Peterson lost his bid to avoid mandatory social media sensitivity training due to his tweets. Glenn outlines the dangers of Big Tech dictating what opinions are allowed and which are deemed misinformation and advises what conservatives need to do to fight back. Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts joins us to preview the admonishing speech he plans to give at the World Economic Forum. Rebel News founder Ezra Levant joins to discuss what's happening on the ground at Davos. “Overrun” author Todd Bensman joins to give the truth about the migrant drowning deaths that occurred in Eagle Pass. Emmy-nominated author of the “I Am” series Brad Meltzer joins to discuss his newest book, “I Am Mister Rogers.” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

DR. BRADLEY THAYER, Director of CSP's China Policy program What is the point of bilateral meetings between the U.S. and China? What are “American secessionists”? China's reliance on the U.S. for economic strength Does the U.S. have a military relationship with China? JAMES HIRSEN, Author, Tales from the Left Coast The importance of leverage in Congress Ongoing budget negotiations within Congress What is an omnibus bill? Comparing Speaker Mike Johnson with Kevin McCarthy TODD BENSMAN, Senior National Security Fellow, Center for Immigration Studies, former Department of Homeland Security official, Author, Overrun: How Joe Biden Unleashed the Greatest Border Crisis in U.S. History,  America's Covert Border War: The Untold Story of the Nation's Battle to Prevent Jihadist Infiltration, @BensmanTodd What is “Attachment A”? What was the Holy Land Foundation? Hamas “sleeper cells” residing in the United States

We need a two-state solution … in America. So much of our country is now overrun both by radical Islamists and by actual terrorist operatives. This should be the main focus of the GOP response to the war on Israel – ensuring that we don't have our own Gaza situation at home. We must deport Islamic migrants and cut off visas to those countries. I'm joined by Todd Bensman of the Center for Immigration Studies, who offers a spellbinding presentation on the sheer numbers of Middle Eastern and North African invaders who are being let in through our front door by the Biden administration. He also warns that Hezbollah has so many terror cells that came in through the border and our porous visa system that they could be activated by Iran at a moment's notice. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

17 October 2023 12PM EST - This morning Joe and David are joined by Todd Bensman, a journalist who focuses on the crisis at the border. Together they focus on the issues at the border, how we might solve said issues, and the importance pf voting for leaders who value our nations' security.  Follow us on Social Media: https://libertylinks.io/ConservativeDaily https://libertylinks.io/JoeOltmann https://libertylinks.io/Apollo IMPEACH FBI Director Christopher Wray - Wray Lets Known Terrorists Through the Border, Calls MAGA Domestic Terrorists!  https://conservative-daily.com/impeachment/impeach-fbi-director-christopher-wray-wray-lets-known-terrorists-through-the-border-calls-maga-domestic-terrorists  

What is the purpose of a federal government that not only fails to protect our border but actively subverts it? We're joined today by Todd Bensman of the Center for Immigration Studies, who warns that the number of people bum-rushing our border is unlimited. There are millions of Venezuelans living as a diaspora throughout Latin America, and they have all been invited by the Biden administration. He also explains how Border Patrol is actively helping the invaders subvert Texas' security measures. This is why we absolutely need a budget fight this week. I preview the details of the latest budget bills and how Senate Republicans are actively harming our ability to focus on the border or any other important issue. Also, at some point we cannot allow federal control over immigration to become a suicide pact to deny states the right to self-defense. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Parental rights are under attack as the government and radical leftists attempt to gain control over what you can teach your children. Rep. Brad Wenstrup joins to discuss the CIA allegedly covering up our government's involvement in Wuhan, China, and the creation of COVID-19. Center for Immigration Studies senior fellow Todd Bensman joins to discuss the "colony" in Houston, Texas, consisting of thousands of illegal immigrants. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Parental rights are under attack as the government and radical leftists attempt to gain control over what you can teach your children. California is poised to give unemployment benefits to striking Hollywood writers and actors. Glenn discusses the dangerous possibility of paying taxes to exercise your constitutionally protected rights. Rep. Brad Wenstrup joins to discuss the CIA allegedly covering up our government's involvement in Wuhan, China, and the creation of COVID-19. Independent journalist Stephen Horn joins to discuss how his live reporting from January 6 got him hit with charges. Center for Immigration Studies senior fellow Todd Bensman joins to discuss the "colony" in Houston, Texas, consisting of thousands of illegal immigrants. Glenn discusses the future of America as the federal government continues to forget America's values and sink us further into the ground. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are joined today by Todd Bensman for a riveting briefing on what is going on at the border and the effect it has in all our communities. Todd explains how the feds are so in the back pocket of the invaders that the migrants are now actively seeking out Border Patrol to save them from Texas law enforcement. He also explains how Biden has created the largest immigrant admission program without congressional authority. They are flying in thousands of illegal aliens to the airports and admitting them without publishing their numbers. Additionally, he explains how the 4.5 million new illegal alien in our communities, including 1.5 million children, are creating unimaginable problems with education and crime. It is self-evident that state enforcement is the only way out of this. Congressional Republicans should be making the case for such enforcement, but they are failing to focus on the right aspects of the invasion.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Biden Administration has constructed a facade of lies around the American border: They claim illegal crossings have dropped, when in reality they are simply handing free entry passes to everyone showing up from Mexico. So if the federal government has created an open border, what can the state do? "Overrun" author Todd Bensman joins Charlie to discuss Texas's recent action, and whether Gov. Abbott needs to take the plunge, declare an invasion, and stop the conquest of America by any means necessary.Support the show: http://www.charliekirk.com/supportSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Glenn uses the poem “The Gods of the Copybook Headings” by Rudyard Kipling to help explain where we are in society. Todd Bensman, author of “Overrun,” joins to discuss what he witnessed at the Texans-Mexico border as Title 42 expired, involving thousands of immigrants being allowed entry. Glenn discusses the strengths and weaknesses of both parties and the dangers of those weaknesses taking over, such as with the invention of AI. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Glenn discusses the absurdity of society relying solely on "experts" when experts don't seem to know anything more than the everyday man. Glenn uses the poem “The Gods of the Copybook Headings” by Rudyard Kipling to help explain where we are in society. Glenn and Stu expose the Left's tactic of messing everything up, fixing it a little, and claiming victory. Glenn reviews Stephen F. Austin's nine conditions for the colonization of Texas and offers it up to Texas Governor Greg Abbott. Todd Bensman, author of “Overrun,” joins to discuss what he witnessed at the Texas-Mexico border as Title 42 expired, involving thousands of immigrants being allowed entry. Glenn discusses the strengths and weaknesses of both parties and the dangers of those weaknesses taking over, such as with the invention of AI. Glenn calls out a popular southern gas station for no longer carrying his favorite snack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Glenn discusses all the evidence against President Biden and his family and points out how BlazeTV has been pointing this out for years. "Overrun" author Todd Bensman joins to expose how Biden's border policies have produced the worst border crisis in American history. Tucker Carlson moving to Twitter could make Twitter the freest social media site. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Glenn discusses all the evidence against President Biden and his family and points out how BlazeTV has been pointing this out for years. Glenn explains the political divide and how the corporate media use the divide, and social media bias, to further their agenda. Is Twitter becoming the poster child for free speech? Glenn discusses the mental anguish our nation's children are experiencing daily. "Overrun" author Todd Bensman joins to expose how Biden's border policies have produced the worst border crisis in American history. Glenn discusses various stories, including Randi Weingarten urging teachers to purge their social media history and the latest in books being targeted for sensitivity training. Glenn and Stu react to footage of the ATF showing up at a homeowner's house demanding recently purchased FRTs.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Chaos at the southern border is expected to worsen drastically when Title 42 expires in less than two weeks. We speak to Todd Bensman the author of "Overrun,” a book that details the policies that have caused this historic border crisis. Bensman warns that a human tidal wave is set to hit the border and that the Biden Administration has no plans to stop it. Get the facts first on Morning Wire. Epic Will: Get 10% OFF your Will! EpicWill.com/WIRE

The radical left and radical Islamists have almost nothing in common, so why are they political allies in the U.S.? Muslim immigrant Asra Nomani joins Charlie to break down the "red-green alliance" that threatens to destroy America, then discusses the left's ongoing war against merit in America's schools. Plus, Todd Bensman has spent months on America's border, conducting hundreds of interviews with both migrants and border agents. He joins Charlie to dig deep into Joe Biden's intentional, calculated annihilation of America's border with Mexico.Support the show: http://www.charliekirk.com/supportSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.