CIS at the "Darien Gap," heart of the U.S. Border Crisis
Videos, Reports, and Media from Colombia and Panama
By Todd Bensman on August 9, 2024
CIS analyst Todd Bensman is traveling on field research to the Darien Gap immigration passageway through which more than 1.5 million foreign nationals have reached the U.S. southern border over the past three-plus years. Check in here to stay abreast of Bensman's video, photos and reports as he travels.
Bensman's purpose for traveling first to Colombia's immigrant staging towns and then to Panama's camps and impacted villages is to assess the impacts of a new Panama plan to "close" the passageway - supposedly with pledged U.S. help.
For background, please read Bensman's most recently published analyses on these potentially consequential new developments for the U.S. mass migration crisis now in its fourth year and its impact on the presidential election:
Panama's Pinch Point: Closing the gap would be a big step toward stopping the flow of migrants north.
A Dramatic Biden U-Turn on Darien Gap Immigrant Passage Policy
August 9, 2024
Todd Bensman reports from south of the Darien Gap in Acandi, Colombia.
https://cis.org/Video/CIS-Darien-Gap-heart-US-Border-Crisis
