The the P.D B situation report. I'm Mike Baker, your eyes and ears on the world stage.

All right, let's get briefed. Today, we'll start in Springfield, Ohio. You didn't see that

coming, did you? A small town that's become the center of a national debate on immigration.

Now local residents are outraged as tens of thousands of largely Haitian immigrants have flooded into their community over the past few years.

Resident Fellow for Law and Policy at the Center for Immigration Studies, Art Arthur,

joins us to dig into the details.

Later, we'll turn to Venezuela. joins us to dig into the details.

Later, we'll turn to Venezuela, where opponents of Nicholas Maduro have taken flight

as the dictator cracks down on dissent

and shores up his Kung Fu-fu-like grip on power despite evidence showing

that he lost the late July election. Wall Street Journal correspondent in

Kajel Vias brings us the latest.

But first, our situation report spotlight.

As odd as it sounds, the town of Springfield, Ohio is now a flashpoint in America's debate over the Biden-Harras

administration's border policies. Now a lot of the headlines have been

dominated by viral claims about Haitian migrants eating pets from yards and ducks from public parks.

In part because people are more inclined to click on a story about how ducks and cats are on the menu

rather than click on a story about the complexities of immigration

problems.

It was even mentioned by former President Trump during a presidential debate, of course it was. But in some ways, that's a distraction.

In a lot of ways, that's a distraction.

In just about every way, that's a distraction.

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