Thread: Chile to share migrants' criminal records with US after burglaries

Chile to share migrants' criminal records with US after burglaries



Story by Reuters • Yesterday 8:15 PM

June 23, 2023




SANTIAGO, June 23 (Reuters) - Chile has agreed to share criminal records of citizens entering the United States with the country's Department of Homeland Security, its foreign ministry said on Friday, a week after U.S. lawmakers accused migrants of raiding homes and businesses.

"We have given assurances to DHS that criminal records will be shared in order to prevent criminal tourism," the ministry said, saying the talks held between officials of the two countries this week had ended "satisfactorily."

Earlier on Friday, the ministry said that in a meeting between the countries' top diplomats, Chilean Foreign Minister Alberto van Klaveren and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken had expressed "strong interest" in maintaining a visa waiver program between the two countries.

U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Kevin McCarthy last week threatened to block funding for the program as some lawmakers accused Chileans who arrived on the program of exploiting the waiver to commit burglaries in California.

(Reporting by Natalia Ramos; Writing by Sarah Morland; Editing by Jacqueline Wong)



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Why are WE "funding" a visa waiver program for Chile, or ANY country for that matter!

NO FUNDING - STOP WASTING OUR TAX DOLLARS!

There should be no "visa waiver programs" for any country.

Apply for a Visa, pay the fees, and there should be tracking to make sure they go home or they are put in jail and deported and banned from coming back for life.

So much fraud, waste, and abuse of our tax dollars!

$33 TRILLION IN DEBT!