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Border expert: MASSIVE migration on ‘pause’ but NOT OVER

The Biden Administration currently is celebrating its handling of the border crisis, with VP Kamala Harris even saying over the weekend that the situation down there is ‘going rather smoothly.’ But it’s definitely too early for such a victory lap, says Todd Bensman, Senior Fellow for the Center of Immigration Studies. Bensman, who closely monitored the crisis from the border last week, tells Glenn it’s likely that the massive migration into America simply is ‘on pause.’ And when the Biden Administration says otherwise, Bensman explains, it shows that the left underestimates the cunningness of migrants dreaming of life in America: ‘Immigrants are smart people. They pay very close attention to…any kind of way they can get around the new regime.’

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GLENN: Todd Bensman joins us now. He's the author of Overrun. And also a fellow -- a senior fellow at the Center for Immigration Studies. He's been down on the border. He's not in Mexico anymore. Thank goodness. Welcome back, how you are, Todd?

TODD: Great. Thanks for having me. Just got back last night. Back from Austin.

GLENN: Oh. So you're not really in America, even.
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TODD: Yeah.

GLENN: So tell me what -- what you saw over the -- over the weekend at the border.

TODD: Sure. Well, throughout the week, of course, it was -- it was just a storming of the border, thousands and thousands crossing through Matamoros to Brownsville.

And I was there on the Mexican side, watching them go. Eventually, the Texas governor was able to shut back down, by -- for the first time ever, deploying tactical units of the National Guard, and DPS. Texas Department of Public Safety, right down on the riverbank, behind razor wire.

And would not let the immigrants pass, no matter what they did. They just would not -- they had pepper balls. You know, to fire at them, if it got out of hand.

But they shut down that hole. And that was the biggest hole in the border.

Then Title 42 ended. And we had our a-- kind of a pause. Not just because of what Texas did. But there's general sort of nervousness, about the new strategy, the new Biden strategy about, you know, how they can exploit it.

They have not figured out, quite yet, how to exploit it. But what I would tell you, is that there are huge loopholes in this thing, that are sitting there, ready to be discovered.

And when I was in Wynosa (phonetic), a few days ago, which was 40, 50 miles up river from Matamoros, at least 15,000 patients pooled up there. All just in a tizzy. Swirling around about, what is the new -- the new strategy? Biden strategy?

And there were NGOs throughout that camp, who were explaining to them, you know, what the new strategy is and undoubtedly what the loopholes are.

So my anticipation is that, before too long, they will figure it out. Immigrants are smart people. They pay very close attention to any -- you know, any crevice, any kind of way they can get around the new regime. And I do anticipate that there will be a gradual increase over time. And then back to normal again.

Every time there's a major policy change, there's kind of a pause down there on the border, while people figure it out.

So I think that's where we are right now. The administration is taking victory laps over this. But it's a little bit early for any kind of victory lap. Because that underestimates the cunning and caginess of the huge population down there, and the NGOs and the lawyers that are all down there, chanting for them about what's happening.

And I can pause there. There's one more thing I would like to say, about something a little bit more different. But I could pause.

GLENN: No. Go ahead. Go ahead.

TODD: Okay. So one of the main cornerstones of the new strategy is this pre-legalization of this scheme, they're handing out humanitarian permits to thousands and thousands now, down there. Kind of like a pressure cooker.

You know, steam escape. Right?

Kind of a way to -- there's hope, right? We'll let you in, this legal way.

So they have really opened the aperture on that. They have let in 30,000 a month, for five different nationalities. And they have widened that up, opened it up for tens of thousands more. For all nationalities. To just get pre-legalized on an app, like a restaurant reservation app on your phone.

GLENN: And when you do that, don't you get a court date like in 2035?

TODD: Yeah. Well, you can -- initially they let you on a humanitarian parole. The humanitarian parole is good up to two years. And they give you work authorization and everything.

And I'll point out, they claim that they're vetting everybody. They're not vetting anybody.

And they're also giving out 99 percent to -- of all applicants who even apply to it.

So they're not even declining anybody. It's just an escape. A steam escape hatch kind of thing.

And when I cross back over yesterday morning, from Matamoros through to Brownsville on the bridge, the line of people who had been granted CBP1, humanitarian parole was 100 yards long, three feet deep. Three, four feet deep, 100 yards long, and it just goes on and on like that, for just pouring in. They would have come in illegally. Now they can't be counted as illegal. But keep in mind, that that is going on, all along the border. Just thousands and thousands more being brought in this way. So when they claim a victory lap, they're not claiming you about that operation. And that operation is under court challenge right now. Twenty states, including Texas. Have challenged the legality of that. I'm not a lawyer. But it's illegal. I'm sorry. It's completely on its face, illegal.

And at my moment, a federal judge in the fifth circuit, is going to strike that thing down. And then they won't have that escape hatch anymore. And that is something that can't be watched as well.

GLENN: I have to tell you, this -- this is an invasion. Not by a nation. But it is an invasion into our country.

This -- this will -- this is when they open the gates at Rome. They just let everybody in. And there weren't enough Roman citizens to keep it Rome. And that's not a race thing. That's nothing. All I want is a group of people that understand the Declaration of Independence, our Constitution, and our Bill of Rights.

If you want to do that, I welcome you here. I welcome you.

But they're not coming for any of that. And I don't know why the Governor of Texas is acting more like the governor, you know, of Massachusetts. This -- at this point.

I don't know why we are not calling it an invasion. And the government has let the people down.

TODD: Yeah. So one thing about Greg Abbott and what he did down there. A lot of people were saying, it was too late. You know, this thing has been going on for two and a half years. So he gets criticized for whatever he does.

But I will say, that I was on the ground there.

And I was the first to report it. And, in fact, I'm told that the governor ordered this as a result of my videos, showing these people just pouring through unopposed. And he was angry go. And said, get our people down there, and shut it down. But I will --

GLENN: But that was -- that was one border crossing.

One.

TODD: Yeah. It was a big one. But it was one.

And he's saying, from this point forward. You can look at this.

Hold them to account. That he will have these rapid reaction teams that will run to any place that is being overrun and on federal land and do this.

The Biden administration is saying that they think it's illegal. And they have the Department of Justice, exploring ways to shut down the governor's operation.

So this thing is not over. We will probably hear more about this, one way or another. What the governor is doing.

But I will say, that when I talk to all the immigrants for two days after that, that they were saying, we're not crossing now. Because those over there, won't let us through. So we won't even try.

And Mexican immigration officials on the ground. When I asked him, how come nobody is crossing? They said, it's because of them over there. So I believe, that this shows that they could do something.

GLENN: Of course it can. Of course it can.

TODD: Yeah. So he won't be able to not do this again. Now that he's shown that it works. So, anyway, there's that. Maybe it's late.

Listen, I've been down there for two and a half years covering this thing, Glenn.

And in the two and a half years, all I've ever seen is just mass storming of the border, with a welcome committee over there, our side.

A red carpet, welcome wagon. Watch your step. Move up to the left, of the riverbank. There's a processing over there.

That's all it's ever been.

And is this the first time I have ever seen big brawny guys with guns, saying, you will not pass.

GLENN: That's -- that's nice.

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Now, one of the things that happened -- we had somebody cross over that was on a wanted list. Do you know anything about that? And how many of these people do you think have come through, from our enemies?

TODD: That's a major problem. That's an Afghani. He's on the FBI watch list. Last year we had 98 of those that we've apprehended. We've had 80 just so far.

Actually I think it's more than 80, just so far in this fiscal year. That's a huge number of people on a terror watch list.

Also, there's video fresh out, in the Yuma area of just hundreds and hundreds of Egyptians and Sudanese crossing in last night.

Sudanese Egyptian, and Mauritanians, Islamic republic of Mauritania. They're tossing their identification and passports and all of that on the Mexican side before they cross.

That -- that's -- the reason they're coming in, is because the new strategy. The Biden strategy affects the removal.

Can't be applied to them, as easily right now. Because, you know, they -- they live in countries that won't accept them. Or where we don't have agreements to send them yet.

And so those are the people that are crossing in right now. Very disturbing. This is a national security crisis, as well as a mass migration crisis more generally.

GLENN: Todd, I just -- we -- for those of us who live through September 11th. Said, we never forget.

We are worse. We would slap ourselves silly, if we could meet ourselves, of 20 some years ago.

Todd, thank you so much.

TODD: It's a great way to put that. I'm going to steal that.

GLENN: You steal from me, you've stolen twice. God bless.

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Meet the pro-Intifada candidate NYC Democrats just elected

New York City Democrats just elected 33-year-old Zohran Mamdani, a "socialist Muslim", as the Party's candidate for mayor. But Glenn Beck argues that his radical beliefs are actually communist and Islamist.

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VOICE: Z10852. Something weird is going on. The World Trade Center is on fire.

VOICE: Seriously the top of the building. We're trying to get information.

VOICE: Top level of one of the --

VOICE: To unfold from New York City.

VOICE: A plane crashed just --

VOICE: My sister is in that believe. I hope she's okay. I have to come to New York.

VOICE: It's pandemonium.

VOICE: It's raining papers.

VOICE: Wait a minute! Stop just a second. Why are we -- why are we -- I've got breaking news. Breaking news, yesterday. New York City just elected as their mayoral candidate for the left. And the Democrats, a -- a Muslim radical, who is also a communist!

So, you know, it only took you 25 years. It only took you 25 years, New York, to go completely insane.

Somebody who is -- well, I mean, if I might quote Michael malice today. I am old enough to remember when New Yorkers endured 9/11 instead of voting for it.

But you've got a -- you've got a communist jihadist apologist now.

Who was -- you know, well, CAIR put $100,000 behind his bid for New York City mayor.

So you have somebody who is endorsed by CAIR. That's really good.

He also was somebody who said, you know, he was -- he was for the shooting of the United Health Care CEO.

Said he was looking forward to driving down magnum Joan avenue. I don't know. Sounds like supporting people in the streets. Maybe it's just me.

Then he also said that he was going to globalize the intifada, which I think that's -- maybe -- maybe that's just me.

I mean, what do I know?

Tim Miller who is a podcaster. Asked him a few weeks ago. Asked him about his pro Palestinian slogan. Globalized the intifada. And he said, for me, ultimately, what I hear in so many, is a desperate desire for equality and equal rights, in standing up for Palistinian human rights. Oh, is that what you hear, Mr. CAIR?

Really? Huh, that's interesting.

Right. So globalize the intifada.

I mean, I mean, sure, that's -- I mean well, let me go on.

Because I don't want to take him out of context.

He then delved into the semantics of the intifada, citing the United States Holocaust memorial museum's use of a word for a translation for uprising, in an Arabic version of an article, a museum published about the Warsaw ghetto.

Oh!

So this is just a comparison, about the -- the armed rebellion against the Nazis!

I don't know if that makes me feel better!

I mean, if we're globalizing that.

We're the Nazis in this scenario.

Because I don't think it's the Palestinians.

I certainly don't think it's anybody who is like, hey.

Global jihad. I don't think it's those guys.

Or the Nazis. Who are the Nazis in that?

And it seems, if that's what you mean, then it's not just a harmless kind of slogan about human rights. It is a call for violence on the streets.

Because I don't know if you know, that's what happened when the Jews had their uprising against the Nazis.

I'm just saying!

But, hey, hey, free Palestine.

Oh, that's not what that means, gang. That is not what that means, but don't worry about it. He's just going to be possibly the new mayor.

And that's great. By the way, the Columbia faculty members signed a letter defending Hamas.

They were also among the donors to his mayoral campaign.

So, you know, you don't have anything to worry about.

And his father, who used to work at Columbia. Do you know, Stu?

Is his Dad -- is he still a professor at Columbia University?

He said that -- this violent terror thing of Islam, is not a part of Islam. Now, I've read the Koran, and much of the hadith.

And I'm pretty sure the violence is a part of that. But no.

No. This is something entirely new.

And his father while at Columbia university, wanted everybody to know, that this is actually -- this is something that came out of America!

America is really responsible for this.

And, you know, it really started with the Reagan administration, you know, when he started -- when he started with his very religious terms, to finish the war against the evil empire.

So, you know, that's where -- that's where 9/11 came from.

Is what -- don't worry about it! Don't worry about it!

Because who am I? I'm clearly just -- am I an anti-Semite today, or am I an Islamophobic? I can't remember which one.

Oh, it's probably both. Anyway, Islamophobia. Let me just explain Islamophobia. I haven't even gotten to the Communist part of it. Which is really, really -- New York, you're in one for hell of a ride. Buckle up.

It will be a fun rollercoaster for you. My gosh, I've never been happier that I've been away are if New York.

Anyway, I just want I to know, there is Islam. And then there is Islamists. Now, an Islamist is somebody who really wants Sharia law.

That's political Islam!

That's not a faith. That's political Islam.

Now, let me make really -- something really clear. Criticizing Islamism, is not Islamophobia. Pointing out the dangers of, oh. I don't know.

Political Islam. The ideology that seeks to use the tools of democracy, ultimately to destroy democracy, is not an attack on Muslims.

No. Uh-uh.

You know why?

Because Muslims are often the first people in line.

The first victims of the ideology.

So let's draw a bright, bright line between Islam as a faith, millions of people can practice that faithfully and peacefully.

It's mostly peaceful, okay?

Then there's the Islamism.

Islamism is something entirely -- that's a political project.

A theocratic political -- oh. Left loves theocracies. They love it.

Of course, you never see a problem with it.

See it when an Islamist is touting it. Anyway, it's not about prayer. It's not about fasting. It's not about spiritual life.

It's all about power. It's about merging of mosque and state. It's about implementing Sharia, not as a personal code of conduct. But as a governing legal system.

And it's -- it's supremacy.

Absolutely. Faith.

Religion.

It's -- there's one thing that's supreme.

It's misogynistic.

Deeply intolerant of all kinds of things.

Descent. Secularism. Other faiths. Even competing interpretations from inside the faith itself.

It will behead them too.

So let's -- let's be honest here for a second.

You know, CAIR should be labeled an international terror organization.

In my opinion. In my opinion.

Oh, does that make me -- that makes me an Islamophobe. I'm sure. I'm sure they will start a campaign against me on being an Islamophobe.

Stand in line, guys. You've been doing it since 2001, okay?

I don't really care. And I don't think the American people. I think that record, all the grooves are worn-out on that one, okay?

This is not a religion we're talking about. When we're talking about Sharia law. And we're talking about globalize the intifada. What does that mean, actually, to globalize it?

Does that mean we now want to do what is happening to Israel? All over the world?

Has the Palestinian plight become our plight you now, as Americans?

That there has to be an intifada here!

Because it's the kind of the same. You know. It's kind of the same over, you know, with what the Palestinians are going through.

Well, it's very much like what the Jews went through with the Nazis.

That's a weird one. That one makes my head hurt. It's very much the same as that. And very much the same as the fight against Donald Trump.

Oh, this is going to be fun. It's fun!

Really fun. You know, the irony here is, the ones that will scream Islamophobia the most, are the ones in the progressive left, the champions of feminism, LGBTQ rights. And secularism.

They're going to -- no. You want -- they're going to stand with the people, who want to kill them first.

See, this is how smart they are!

This is why it's going to work out well, in New York City.

Let me just say. If you have an ounce of common sense, you run a business, you have an ounce of wealth. And I don't mean wealth like, you know, hey, Lovey.

Let's get on the boat for a three-hour tour with a suitcase full of cash. I mean you saved anything, anything, get the hell out of New York City.

I mean, this is about survival. This is about free speech. This is about women's rights.
Religious pluralism. Secular legal systems. Liberal democracy.

But it's also about failed principles of Communism. Okay?

First, you have to call out political Islam for what it is. Okay?

And we have to do it with the clarity that we call out white nationalism.

Got to do it with that. Got to -- you know, the Klan. Really bad people.

Really bad people.

Anybody who is shouting for globalized intifada?

Pretty bad. Pretty bad people.

Okay?

Now, let's get to communism.

Because that's another cool, cool angle of the new Democratic candidate for -- for mayor of New York City.

That I just -- I think is cuddly and cute. Sure, it led to 100 million deaths. But this time, New York is going to be radically different. Oh, did I use the word radical?

I didn't mean to use that. What's radical about this guy?

Nothing. He's just like you!

Well, not exactly.

But let's talk about communism, next!

Now, the new mayoral candidate that's running there in New York City. That so many young people rushed to defend and vote for. He's promising free buses.

That's going to work out.

Where are you going to get the money for free buses.

It's free!

City-run grocery stores.

Oh, rent freezes. And finally somebody has done it. A 30-dollar minimum wage.

So under the banner of equity. And, you know, we will tax the wealthy. And the corporations. You know, we're going to squeeze another $10 billion out of them.

Really?

Because they're going to call a U-Haul.

You know, they will call something like U-Haul. There will be a lot of -- there will be a lot of movers that are like, how do I get the truck back from Texas or Florida back up to New York? Nobody is moving up there.

But he's going to do it.

Now, his vision isn't really new. You know, just -- just tax people, so we could have city-run grocery stores. You know, I remember -- I'm old enough to remember those city-run grocery stores in Moscow.

They were great.

The shelves were empty.

But that's just Moscow.

It worked out completely different in Venezuela.

Where, oh, no.

It didn't. That's right. The grocery store.

They were eating the zoo animals.

But it will be different in New York.

Because they have rent controls too.

And that will just choke the housing supply, but don't worry. As a young family.

You know, you voted for it.

You know better.

It will work this time.

So, you know, I like building ideas, I just don't like usually building on the graves of 100 million people.

But, you know, why not? Why not?

You know, use this dogma.

And this time, it will be different. It's not like it was in China. Where the great leap forward, was a gross -- a gross parody of progress. Venezuela, which was oil rich. One of the richest nations in the hemisphere now sees 90 percent of its population in poverty!

Yeah. Darn it. You know what they did?

They decided to take state control of things.

You know, like grocery stores. And it worked out well. How is that free busing working out in Venezuela?

I just want to -- I just want to know.

Anyway, then you've got the globalize the intifada. Which is going to drop a little violence in, and anti-Semitism in with your communism.

Which is weird!

Because violence and anti-Semitism, always happen. When it -- when it comes to -- when it comes to communism.

This is weird!

I've got to play something for you. Because this has talked about on me earlier this morning.

Oh, wow.

Wait a minute. This is -- this is the whole coalition coming together here.

So this is going to be good. New York, this is going to be great.

It's going to be great for you.

No. He's going to uplift you. Then the social fabric of New York City is just going to be -- just one.

It's going to be fantastic. Don't worry about your 120 billion dollars in debt. Or your 10 billion-dollar deficit that you have right now.

You are going to charge the rich more taxes, and they will stay right there.

They will be like, you know what, that 46 percent in taxes that I'm paying, this is just not enough. It's just not enough.

I need to pay 60 or 70 percent to be able to pay my fair share. So that's good. That's good. That's good.

You know, they're not risking 100 million people. It's just 8 million people.

This time, it's just 8 million people.

But, hey. For those of you in upstate New York. That aren't going to be part of this experiment.

Don't worry, you get to pay for it. Because they'll kick it up to the state. The state will have to subsidize everything. And don't you love it?

Really, don't you want to subsidize the really crazy ideas of New York City?

I mean, why don't you have a -- why don't you have a democratic socialist. A/k/a communist mayor.

Why haven't you done that? Are you not progressive enough? Are you not looking into the future?

Are you stuck in the past?

I don't know. I don't know. The graveyard is pretty big. I have a hard time getting past that one. You know, yeah, so I'm stuck in the past. Because I can't seem to pass that graveyard, and get to be down the path with you. But it's going to be a paradise.

Forget arithmetic. You know, or human nature. This time, it's going to work. It's going to work. So all right!

Wish I lived in this morning.

No wait. Nope. I don't. Nope, I don't.

And Ted Cruz, stop it. Stop writing, hey, come to Texas. No. No. Don't come to Texas. Don't come to Florida. Go to California. It's beautiful this time of year. Go there. Go there.