Latest Todd bensman Podcast Episodes
CIS Litigation Forces Transparency of ‘Humanitarian’ Parole Program
Parsing Immigration Policy - June 27, 2024 08:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★ - 37 ratingsCritical findings from recent CIS Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) litigation reveal that a Biden “humanitarian” parole program created specifically for nationals of four countries has resulted in many applicants flying in from 74 other countries. This episode of Parsing Immigration Policy draws...
De Facto Amnesty for Half a Million Illegal Immigrants
Parsing Immigration Policy - June 20, 2024 22:18 - 39 minutes ★★★★ - 37 ratingsToday’s episode of Parsing Immigration Policy delves into the details and implications of this week's controversial announcement by the Biden administration that it will be granting de facto amnesty to over half a million illegal immigrants in the United States. The conversation between Mark Krik...
Reflecting on 100 Years of the Border Patrol
Parsing Immigration Policy - June 13, 2024 15:07 - 45 minutes ★★★★ - 37 ratingsTwo former chiefs of the U.S. Border Patrol join Parsing Immigration Policy this week on the occasion of the agency’s 100th anniversary. Rodney Scott and Mark Morgan join host Mark Krikorian discuss how, despite a century of government policies that have often made it harder to secure the border,...
Political Change in Mexico: Implications for the U.S. Border Crisis
Parsing Immigration Policy - June 06, 2024 09:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★ - 37 ratingsIn this week’s episode of Parsing Immigration Policy, Christopher Landau, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, joins us to discuss the election of Claudia Sheinbaum as the new president of Mexico. Amb. Landau discusses the implications of Sheinbaum’s election for U.S. immigration policy and U.S.-Mex...
The ‘Bipartisan’ Border Bill: Codifying Biden’s Abuses
Parsing Immigration Policy - May 30, 2024 17:17 - 31 minutes ★★★★ - 37 ratingsThe “bipartisan” border bill failed again last week in the Senate, with even its Republican co-sponsor voting against it. While it may now seem moot, it’s likely that the president and Democrats in Congress will spend the rest of the year pointing to Republican opposition to the bill as the reaso...
E156. Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Immigration Act of 1924
Parsing Immigration Policy - May 23, 2024 16:50 ★★★★ - 37 ratingsIn this week’s episode of Parsing Immigration Policy, Roy Beck, founder of NumbersUSA, joins us to discuss the 100th anniversary of the 1924 Immigration Act. President Calvin Coolidge signed it into law on May 26, 1924, and Beck outlines how, despite the various and often invidious motivatio...
Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Immigration Act of 1924
Parsing Immigration Policy - May 23, 2024 15:37 - 40 minutes ★★★★ - 37 ratingsIn this week’s episode of Parsing Immigration Policy, Roy Beck, founder of NumbersUSA, joins us to discuss the 100th anniversary of the 1924 Immigration Act. President Calvin Coolidge signed it into law on May 26, 1924, and Beck outlines how, despite the various and often invidious motivations of...
E155. National Security Concerns Amid Rising Illegal Immigration
Parsing Immigration Policy - May 16, 2024 19:09 ★★★★ - 37 ratingsIn the latest episode of Parsing Immigration Policy, we delve into the security vulnerabilities concerning the historic and increasing number of Chinese nationals who are part of the record number of migrants crossing our country’s SW border. Our guest is Todd Bensman, the Center’s senior na...
National Security Concerns Amid Rising Illegal Immigration
Parsing Immigration Policy - May 16, 2024 16:53 - 34 minutes ★★★★ - 37 ratingsIn the latest episode of Parsing Immigration Policy, we delve into the security vulnerabilities concerning the historic and increasing number of Chinese nationals who are part of the record number of migrants crossing our country’s SW border. Our guest is Todd Bensman, the Center’s senior nationa...
E154. New State Immigration Laws
Parsing Immigration Policy - May 09, 2024 21:26 ★★★★ - 37 ratingsThis year has seen important state-level legislation on immigration. The bills that have passed throughout the country tend to be those designed to deter illegal immigration and enhance enforcement of immigration law. As state legislative sessions wrap up around the country, two successful g...
New State Immigration Laws
Parsing Immigration Policy - May 09, 2024 18:52 - 37 minutes ★★★★ - 37 ratingsThis year has seen important state-level legislation on immigration. The bills that have passed throughout the country tend to be those designed to deter illegal immigration and enhance enforcement of immigration law. As state legislative sessions wrap up around the country, two successful grassr...
E153. Panel: The How and Why of the Mayorkas Impeachment
Parsing Immigration Policy - May 02, 2024 16:57 ★★★★ - 37 ratingsThe Center for Immigration Studies hosted a panel to discuss the history and impact of the impeachment of Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas. Should he have been impeached? Why was he impeached? What are the consequences of the U.S. Senate’s refusal to either hold a trial itse...
Panel: The How and Why of the Mayorkas Impeachment
Parsing Immigration Policy - May 02, 2024 15:18 - 33 minutes ★★★★ - 37 ratingsThe Center for Immigration Studies hosted a panel to discuss the history and impact of the impeachment of Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas. Should he have been impeached? Why was he impeached? What are the consequences of the U.S. Senate’s refusal to either hold a trial itself or...
E152. Panel Podcast: Illegal Immigration by Sea
Parsing Immigration Policy - April 25, 2024 12:32 ★★★★ - 37 ratingsWith the crisis in Haiti sparking fears of a new exodus and illegal crossings up in the Mediterranean, maritime illegal immigration is a challenge all destination countries are facing – one that is very different from the challenge of controlling a land border. The International Network for ...
Panel Podcast: Illegal Immigration by Sea
Parsing Immigration Policy - April 25, 2024 09:30 - 35 minutes ★★★★ - 37 ratingsWith the crisis in Haiti sparking fears of a new exodus and illegal crossings up in the Mediterranean, maritime illegal immigration is a challenge all destination countries are facing – one that is very different from the challenge of controlling a land border. The International Network for Immi...
E151. Chinese Organized Crime Takes Root in Vacationland
Parsing Immigration Policy - April 18, 2024 16:50 ★★★★ - 37 ratingsThis week’s episode of Parsing Immigration Policy features Steve Robinson, editor-in-chief of the Maine Wire, a digital investigative news outlet, who joins our guest host, Jessica Vaughan, director of policy studies at the Center for Immigration Studies. The two experts discuss how Chinese ...
Chinese Organized Crime Takes Root in Vacationland
Parsing Immigration Policy - April 18, 2024 15:48 - 53 minutes ★★★★ - 37 ratingsThis week’s episode of Parsing Immigration Policy features Steve Robinson, editor-in-chief of the Maine Wire, a digital investigative news outlet, who joins our guest host, Jessica Vaughan, director of policy studies at the Center for Immigration Studies. The two experts discuss how Chinese crimi...
E150. The State of Border Security: A Look from the Mexico Side
Parsing Immigration Policy - April 12, 2024 15:38 ★★★★ - 37 ratingsIn 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. Reporti...
The State of Border Security: A Look from the Mexico Side
Parsing Immigration Policy - April 12, 2024 14:33 - 29 minutes ★★★★ - 37 ratingsIn 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 ...
E149. The Size and Growth of the Immigrant Population in the U.S.
Parsing Immigration Policy - April 04, 2024 15:39 ★★★★ - 37 ratingsThe starting point of any conversation about immigration should be the numbers. This week’s episode of the Center for Immigration Studies podcast highlights a recent report co-authored by Steven Camarota, the Center’s director of research, which examines the number and share of the foreign-b...
The Size and Growth of the Immigrant Population in the U.S.
Parsing Immigration Policy - April 04, 2024 14:51 - 41 minutes ★★★★ - 37 ratingsThe starting point of any conversation about immigration should be the numbers. This week’s episode of the Center for Immigration Studies podcast highlights a recent report co-authored by Steven Camarota, the Center’s director of research, which examines the number and share of the foreign-born i...
E148. Is the New USCIS Fee Schedule Fair?
Parsing Immigration Policy - March 28, 2024 13:57 ★★★★ - 37 ratingsIn today’s episode of Parsing Immigration Policy, Elizabeth Jacobs, the Center’s Director of Regulatory Affairs and Policy, does a deep dive into her recent analysis of the new U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) fee schedule, set to take effect on April 1, 2024. Jacobs discuss...
Is the New USCIS Fee Schedule Fair?
Parsing Immigration Policy - March 28, 2024 11:47 - 37 minutes ★★★★ - 37 ratingsIn today’s episode of Parsing Immigration Policy, Elizabeth Jacobs, the Center’s Director of Regulatory Affairs and Policy, does a deep dive into her recent analysis of the new U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) fee schedule, set to take effect on April 1, 2024. Jacobs discusses h...
E147. Kaus on Immigration Politics
Parsing Immigration Policy - March 21, 2024 18:11 ★★★★ - 37 ratingsCampaign season is in full swing as the 2024 presidential election looms less than eight months away. According to a recent Gallup poll, immigration is considered the biggest issue facing the country, with a majority of Americans expressing disapproval of the president’s handling of the issu...
Kaus on Immigration Politics
Parsing Immigration Policy - March 21, 2024 14:44 - 39 minutes ★★★★ - 37 ratingsCampaign season is in full swing as the 2024 presidential election looms less than eight months away. According to a recent Gallup poll, immigration is considered the biggest issue facing the country, with a majority of Americans expressing disapproval of the president’s handling of the issue. ...
E146. Straight Talk on Biden’s Parole Flights
Parsing Immigration Policy - March 14, 2024 15:05 ★★★★ - 37 ratingsSince September 2023, the Center for Immigration Studies has been on the forefront of reporting on the Biden administration direct-flight and parole program that has authorized the arrival of more than 320,000 inadmissible aliens through the CBP One app. The program allows migrants to take c...
Straight Talk on Biden’s Parole Flights
Parsing Immigration Policy - March 14, 2024 14:57 - 32 minutes ★★★★ - 37 ratingsSince September 2023, the Center for Immigration Studies has been on the forefront of reporting on the Biden administration direct-flight and parole program that has authorized the arrival of more than 320,000 inadmissible aliens through the CBP One app. The program allows migrants to take commer...
E145. Combatting Illegal Immigration on the State and Local Level
Parsing Immigration Policy - March 07, 2024 17:56 ★★★★ - 37 ratingsOn this week’s episode of Parsing Immigration Policy, Jessica Vaughan, director of policy studies at the Center for Immigration Studies, joins us to discuss what states and other local jurisdictions can do to combat illegal immigration in wake of the Biden administration’s refusal to enforce...
Combatting Illegal Immigration on the State and Local Level
Parsing Immigration Policy - March 07, 2024 17:26 - 39 minutes ★★★★ - 37 ratingsOn this week’s episode of Parsing Immigration Policy, Jessica Vaughan, director of policy studies at the Center for Immigration Studies, joins us to discuss what states and other local jurisdictions can do to combat illegal immigration in wake of the Biden administration’s refusal to enforce immi...
E144. Trump and Biden Head to Border Amid Speculation of ‘Bold’ Executive Action on Immigration
Parsing Immigration Policy - February 29, 2024 15:39 ★★★★ - 37 ratingsPresident Biden and former President Trump are both scheduled to visit Texas border towns today, just as polling reveals widespread dissatisfaction with the president’s handling of the border and immigration. With the failure of the Senate border bill and growing concern over the record numb...
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