Todd Bensman

Todd Bensman

Todd Bensman is a Senior Research Fellow in the Heritage Foundation’s Border Security and Immigration Center. He joined Heritage following an appointment as Senior Adviser to DHS, ICE, and Border Czar Tom Homan.

Undocumented immigrants, shackled at the wrists and ankles, were searched before boarding a charter flight at Kansas City International Airport, run by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Department.

This Should Be The Next Enforcement Tool To Secure America’s Borders

By Todd Bensman

TOPSHOT - Members of the US Border Patrol listen as Vice President JD Vance speaks to the press as he tours the US-Mexico border at Eagle Pass, Texas, on March 5, 2025. Vance is touring the US-Mexico border, the most senior figure in the new administration to visit the area since Donald Trump won back the White House pledging an immigration crackdown. (Photo by Brandon Bell / POOL / AFP) (Photo by BRANDON BELL/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Prison First, Deportation Later: Trump Revives Criminal Penalties For Border Jumpers

By Todd Bensman

NOGALES, SONORA - FEBRUARY 20: Mexican National Guard troops inspect vehicles at the DeConcini Port of Entry at the U.S.-Mexico border in Nogales, Sonora, on Thursday, February 20, 2025. (Photo by Joel Angel Juarez for The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Trump’s War On Fentanyl Off To A Strong Start

By Todd Bensman

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Got-Away Traffic Drops Like A Rock At This Notorious Stretch Of The Border

By Todd Bensman

Pedestrians cross the U.S.-Mexican border near Brownsville, Texas, U.S., on Sunday, June 17, 2018. Democrats escalated their attacks on President Donald Trump's policy of separating immigrant children from parents who illegally cross the Mexican border, as public outrage over the practice balloons into an election-year headache for Republicans.

How Trump’s Suddenly Secure Border Forever Debunks Dem Immigration Theories

By Todd Bensman

CIUDAD JUAREZ, MEXICO - FEBRUARY 06: Mexican National Guard patrol along the U.S.-Mexico border on February 06, 2025 near Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Advance units of troops deployed to the border under orders of Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened tariffs on Mexican goods. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

Will Mexico Face A Hot Shooting War With The Cartels?

By Todd Bensman

EL PASO, TEXAS - MAY 12: Immigrants wait to be transported and processed by U.S. Border Patrol officers at the U.S.-Mexico border on May 12, 2023 in El Paso, Texas. The U.S. Covid-era Title 42 immigration policy ended the night before, and migrants entering the system now are anxious over how the change may affect their asylum claims. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)

As Trump 2.0 Approaches, NGOs Continue To Fund Mass Migration With U.S. Tax Dollars

By Todd Bensman

Justin Trudeau, Canada's prime minister, during a news conference at a cabinet retreat in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, on Monday, Aug. 26, 2024. Canada will impose new tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles, aluminum and steel, lining up behind western allies and taking steps to protect domestic manufacturers. Photographer: Dean Casavechia/Bloomberg via Getty Images

‘Proven Threats To U.S. National Security’: Canada, Cartels, And Trump’s Tariffs

By Todd Bensman

AUSTIN, TEXAS - OCTOBER 25: Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump gives remarks on border security inside an airplane hanger at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport on October 25, 2024 in Austin, Texas. Trump will travel to Traverse City, Michigan, to hold a rally as he continues to visit battleground states ahead of the November 5 election. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

The ‘Trump Effect’ 2.0: Illegal Border Crossings Set To Plummet, On One Condition

By Todd Bensman

TAPACHULA, MEXICO - MARCH 25: Migrants, including children, advance in a caravan on their way to the United States from Tapachula, Mexico, on March 25, 2024. (Photo by Jose Torres/Anadolu via Getty Images)

UN Non-Profits Pave The Way For Permanent Mass Migration

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Biden-Harris Mass Migration Is ‘Killing All The Indians’ In Panama

By Todd Bensman

SAN DIEGO, CA - JUNE 13: Migrants are processed by the U.S. Border Patrol near the Jacumba Hot Springs after crossing the US-Mexico border on June 13, 2024 in San Diego, California. (Photo by Qian Weizhong/VCG via Getty Images)

After Suspected Tajik Terrorist Arrests, Little-Known Biden Border Entry Program Demands Hard Focus

By Todd Bensman