The National Government deployed a new immigration control operation in the Retiro neighborhood, in the City of Buenos Aires, with the aim of identifying foreigners in irregular situations or linked to criminal cases, as part of the security and order policy promoted by the administration of Javier Milei.
The procedure was reported by the National Ministry of Security, which published images of the deployment carried out alongside the National Directorate of Migrations and the Argentine Federal Police. According to the ministry, the operation is part of a broader strategy to control the legal stay of foreigners in the country and advance with the corresponding expulsions in cases provided for by law.
“Foreigners who commit crimes or remain in the country illegally, we expel them and they cannot re-enter Argentina,” stated the National Ministry of Security. They also reminded that those who know of cases of people in that situation can make anonymous and secure reports through the line 134.
The new control in Retiro adds to other similar operations carried out in recent months in different areas of the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires. In February, the Government had deployed a mega-operation in Liniers, where more than 150 members of the Argentine Federal Police worked alongside Migration personnel to verify documentation in businesses, fairs, and high-traffic areas.
On that occasion, the agents conducted document checks and biometric verifications to ascertain whether the identified individuals had criminal records. According to the official information released at that time, irregular migration cases were detected, as well as individuals with open cases for various crimes.
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Another relevant precedent took place in Villa Celina, in the La Matanza district, where the Federal Police identified hundreds of people at a fair and detected foreign citizens in irregular migration situations. In that operation, portable biometric technology was also used to cross-check data in real time with official databases.
The Government insists that the procedures are not aimed at foreigners living legally in Argentina or those with ongoing residency applications, but against those who violate the law, remain irregularly, or have criminal records.
