Up next the former u. S. Customs and Border Protection and if the mobile app that provides surfaces and is joined by Andrew Arthur and from capitol hill this is just over an hour. Welcome and good afternoon. My name is mark krikorian, executive director for the center of Immigration Studies. Thank you for coming. It has been clear from the beginning of this administration that its approach to the illegal immigration issue and the border specifically is to accommodate the flow of inadmissible aliens rather than to stop it and the problem is that that has caused some political headaches as people notice the magnitude of this border crisis and just at the southern border since this administration took office, there has been more than 5 1 2 million socalled encounters at the southern border. So how do you do damage control . One thing they can do is enforce the law and reduce the number of Illegal Immigrants crossing and that is apparently off the table. So to accommodate the flow, they ha
Angeles who has been working on the story for years. Yet more evidence of the pressure on venezuela. Argentine airlines is suspending its weekly flight from buenos aires to caracas. Airlines in colombia, chile, brazil and mexico have already stopped flying there. United airlines, delta, air canada and lufthansa also stopped a while ago. The trade body for airlines said last week, there are only six or seven carriers left operating a very low flight frequency. Venezuela is practically disconnected from the rest of the world, above all by air, and we cant see any solution in the short term. It also says theres been a 75 drop in passenger numbers in the last four years. Argentine airlines didnt give much away. It says operational reasons about behind the decision. If you want more details and you speak spanish, you can find a statement on its website. Candace piette, americas editor, is here in the newsroom. There are still some carriers who are flying to venezuela, there is the panamania
We will talk more about the next few days with an extended look in the 40 plus in just a few minutes. Geoff Spartanburg County deputies tell us say a 5yearold boy was accidentally shot overnight. We dont know much about the shooting right now. But we know it happened on rowe street in the arcadia area around 7 30. Allyson deputies sasathe child was taken to spartanburg medical center. At this time we do not where he , was shot or his condition. Geoff a wyff news 4 update now on a fire in honea path, the little girl pulled from the fire died from her injuries. Allyson the fire on green street sunday night. The news the family has gotten is worse. The Anderson County coroner says 5yearold Sophia Rhodes died yesterday from her injuries. Fire officials tell us the child was found between a wall and a couch in the home. The little girl was rushed to the burn unit in augusta, she died from smoke inhalation. Friends of the family say sophia was the youngest of five geoff Greenville Police say
Geoff Spartanburg County deputies tell us say a 5yearold boy was accidentally shot overnight. We dont know much about the shooting right now. We know it happened on rowe street in the arcadia area around allyson deputies say the 7 30. Child was taken to spartanburg medical center. At this time we do not where he was shot or his condition. A wyff news 4 update now on a fire in honea path, the little girl paroled from the fire died from her injuries. Geoff wyff news 4s aly myles joins us live from the scene of the fire on green street. Aly a devastating update, not only for the family but the community. If you look behind me, you can see the damage from the house from where this burned sunday night. The news for the family has gotten far worse. The Anderson County coroner says 5yearold Sophia Rhodes died yesterday from her injuries. Officials tell us the child was found between a wall and a couch in the home. The little girl was rushed to the burn unit in augusta, she friends of the fami