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    Argentina toughens immigration law, speeds up deportations

    MONDAY, JAN 30, 2017 03:30 PM PST

    Argentina toughens immigration law, speeds up deportations

    DEBORA REY, ASSOCIATED PRESS

    BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina toughened its immigration law Monday, making it easier to deport foreigners who commit crimes or who are being investigated.


    The changes to the 2003 law were implemented by presidential decree, which cites a rise in organized crime committed by foreigners. It restricts those serving sentences or with criminal records from entering Argentina and fast tracks the expulsion of foreigners who commit crimes including drug dealing, arms trafficking or money laundering.

    The government said authorities faced bureaucratic hurdles in deporting foreigners who committed such crimes.


    The toughening of the law is in stark contrast to Argentina’s traditionally welcoming immigration policy. It seeks to curb a spike in crime that remains a top concern for Argentines ahead of this year’s congressional elections.


    Human rights advocates said it risks stigmatizing foreigners who make up 4.5 percent of the 40 million people living in Argentina.


    “Amnesty International considers that it’s a mistake to reduce the migration phenomenon to a debate on national security that associates migrants with criminals,” the rights organization said in a statement Monday.


    “Even when States have the authority to establish rules in migratory issues, they can’t violate the rights guaranteed under the constitution and international human rights treaties,” it added.


    Amnesty said the overhaul of the immigration law is a regressive move, introducing roadblocks for the entrance and residence of migrants, speeding up expulsions, reducing procedural guarantees and breaching rights to a legitimate defense.


    Argentine Vice President Gabriela Michetti defended the changes law and distanced the move from U.S. President Donald Trump’s action on refugees and migrants.

    “You have to make a distinction between measures that have to do with security,” she told a local radio station. “Argentina is an open country that will always be in favor of diversity.”


    Trump banned travelers from seven Muslim-majority nations, suspended refugee admissions for 120 days and indefinitely barred the processing of refugees from Syria.


    “Just like Trump’s government, (Argentine President Mauricio) Macri is criminalizing immigration through executive orders that modify national laws and international commitments,” said Argentine activist Adolfo Perez Esquivel, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1980 for his defense of human rights during Argentina’s “dirty war.”


    “Avoiding lawmakers, they are committing a clear violation of human rights in the name of security, when security problems can and should be solved respecting our constitution and increasing our rights, not reducing them,” he said.


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    Make Argentina Great Again? South America Leader Follows Trump, Cracks Down On Illega

    Make Argentina Great Again? South America Leader Follows Trump, Cracks Down On Illegal Immigration And Mulls Border Wall

    Joshua Caplan Feb 4th, 2017 9:03 pm

    The media establishment would like you to believe President Trump’s immigration orders are rooted in racism and Islamophobia. Thinking people know this is simply false.

    Another country has recently enacted Trump-esque immigration policies, and no, it isn’t in Europe.



    Argentina’s president Mauricio Macri has just followed suit with his own immigration crackdown and is even considering a border wall. Those who think this measure is to keep only Muslims out are sadly mistaken.

    The Guardian reports:

    Amid a racially charged national debate on immigration, a former real estate tycoon-turned-president signs an executive order to stop some foreign migrants entering his country and to deport foreign residents with criminal records.

    There is even talk of building a border wall, while intemperate language prompts a backlash from a neighbouring country.

    But this is not Donald Trump’s America and the wall is not intended to exclude Mexicans.

    At the other end of the Americas, Argentina’s millionaire president Mauricio Macri triggered a diplomatic spat with regional neighbours this week after he signed a controversial order to rein in migration.

    Macri’s centre-right government has said that the immigration order is intended to fight the rising wave of drug-related crime, which it claims is partly due to an influx of migrants from Argentina’s northern neighbours.

    “Peruvian and Paraguayan citizens come here and end up killing each other for control of the drug trade,” said Macri’s security minister Patricia Bullrich this week. “A lot of Paraguayans, Bolivians and Peruvians get involved as either capitalists or mules, as drivers or as part of the drug trafficking chain.”


    Like the United States, Argentina is concerned with drugs and gang members flowing into its country. This takes the wind of Leftists’ sails wanting to rush to judgement over the ban, crying wolf about racism. It’s about keeping people safe. The responsible thing for countries outraged by the new policy, is to reflect on their own state of affairs, and try to make their OWN country great!

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