The Milei administration tightened migration legislation via a decree. The decree makes deportations easier, restricts migrants’ access to health and education, and adds more requirements for foreigners obtaining Argentine citizenship or permanent residency. Among the reasons it given for the policy change, the new legislation mentions the mass deportations set by U.S. President Donald Trump as a cause of a “new risk” for Argentina. The decree says that 1.25 million immigrants have been expelled from the U.S. and that, since that number will grow, it is “likely that an important proportion of those deportees will settle or try to settle in [Argentina].” Milei, an ally of the U.S. president, has copied many of the right-wing policies carried out by the Trump administration.
SOURCE: BUENOS AIRES HERALD