The City Police joined as an auxiliary force for Immigration

With the presence of the Minister of the Interior, Public Works and Housing, Rogelio Frigerio; the Secretary of the Interior, Sebastián García De Luca; the National Director of Migrations, Horacio García; and the vice head of the Buenos Aires government and Minister of Security of the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Diego Santilli, an agreement was signed by which the City Police joins as auxiliary immigration police for Migrations in operations established by Law 25871.
In this way, this institution joins the four federal forces that play the same role accompanying the actions of the DNM, that is, the Argentine Naval Prefecture, the National Gendarmerie, the Airport Security Police (PSA) and the Federal Police).
“To give people more security we need to work as a team with all areas and levels of government in a sustained manner over time and that is what we are doing. Furthermore, this shows that we continue to keep our doors open to all those who come to build, with effort, a better future, but we take a diametrically opposite attitude with all those who come to commit crimes. Our duty is to protect the people who choose to live here, with actions and policies that take care of them, so that they feel safe and calm. This includes Argentines and also all migrants,” Frigerio said.
Because Migrations promotes the migratory regularity of foreigners, the City Police will contribute to the permanence control activities together with the personnel of the ministerial organization in order to detect those who are irregular and urge them to normalize their documentary situation and at the same time, sanction those who provide employment or accommodation for consideration in order to prevent exploitation, irregular work and trafficking.
To understand the context, during 2018, 94,155 residence permits were granted to foreigners, that is, 42% of the total number of foreigners who obtained residency in the country.