With an eye on October, the national government is considering moving forward with a migration reform of high symbolic and political voltage. The initiative—which could be implemented by decree in the coming weeks—arises as a response to President Javier Milei's firm commitment to national security, the legal order, and the revaluation of Argentine citizenship.
According to sources from the Casa Rosada, the reform would be channeled through new regulations of the Migration Law No. 25,871, without the need to alter its legal text. "There are some parts of the reform that we can implement without contradicting the current law," explained from the Executive, acknowledging that it is a carefully calibrated move to maximize its effectiveness and minimize parliamentary resistance.
El gabinete del oficialismo libertario.
The person in charge of drafting the decree is the newly appointed secretary of Legal and Technical, María Ibarzabal, a trusted official of presidential advisor Santiago Caputo. Among the measures contemplated are: greater restrictions on granting residencies and citizenships to foreigners, the implementation of fees for access to health services and universities by non-residents, and an acceleration of the deportation process for immigrants in an irregular situation.
The political background is significant: the ruling party decided to pause the submission of projects to Congress after the approval of the DNU related to the IMF, understanding that there is no room to negotiate new structural reforms in the short term. The Executive, on the other hand, aims to advance through administrative tools to set the pace of the public agenda. "The turbulence has passed, but we haven't regained centrality yet," they admit from the presidential circle, referring to the recent controversy over the president's mention of the cryptocurrency $Libra, now overcome.
Far from retreating, the electoral team of La Libertad Avanza doubles down with a series of measures aimed at consolidating a coherent, modern, and disruptive discourse. In addition to the migration reform, the government is working on a new National Security Law and a project of "equality before the law," aimed at repealing mandatory labor quotas in the three branches of government and reviewing criminal figures such as femicide, in favor of a principle of equal justice without ideological distortions.
El principal candidato por LLA, Manuel Adorni.
Electorally, all eyes are on Buenos Aires City, where voting will take place on May 18. In Milei's circle, they consider that the result in the capital will be key to measuring the political temperature of the administration. With this goal, presidential spokesperson Manuel Adorni was appointed as a candidate for Buenos Aires legislator, in an attempt to displace PRO from the center of the stage. The President's sister, Karina Milei, played a decisive role in assembling the list, imposing names linked to legislator Pilar Ramírez and relegating sectors aligned with consultant Caputo.
Despite internal tensions, in the Casa Rosada they are betting on strategic unity. Last week, operator Daniel Parisini, known as "el Gordo Dan," met with the official leadership to ensure more direct coordination of the electoral campaign. "The idea is to have more direct coordination for the campaign," sources close to the organization indicated.
