The national government deployed a strong immigration control operation in the Buenos Aires neighborhood of Liniers this Friday, with the objective of detecting undocumented foreigners or foreigners in an irregular immigration situation. The procedure is being carried out with the participation of more than 150 officers from the Argentine Federal Police, together with personnel from the National Directorate of Migration.
The controls are concentrated in shops, fairs, and high-traffic areas located in the vicinity of the intersection of General Paz Avenue and Falcón. During the procedure, the agents request documentation from foreign citizens in order to verify their immigration status. In cases in which administrative irregularities are detected, the individuals are ordered to regularize their situation before migration authorities, and they are granted a period of time to submit the corresponding documentation.
In addition to document verification, fingerprint checks are carried out in order to determine whether the individuals have criminal records. In that context, at least two people were arrested: a woman with an open case for robbery and a man under investigation for fraud, according to official sources.
