Chile's MAGA-inspired border control
Chile is implementing a hardline border control strategy under President José Antonio Kast, inspired by similar policies in the U.S. The initiative includes the construction of deep trenches along the border with Peru to combat illegal immigration and cross-border crime. Despite the government's efforts, illegal migration attempts have been declining, with more people attempting to leave Chile irregularly instead.
- ▪President José Antonio Kast's border control plan includes digging trenches along the Chile-Peru border.
- ▪The initiative aims to address illegal immigration, drug trafficking, and organized crime.
- ▪Illegal migration attempts have decreased, with a notable rise in people trying to leave Chile irregularly.
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The Americas Chile's MAGA-inspired border control May 23, 20266:00 AM ET By John Bartlett On Chile's northernmost border with Peru, military excavators carve a deep trench across the windswept pampa, part of a hardline effort to tighten control of migration and cross-border crime under President José Antonio Kast. John Bartlett/NPR hide caption toggle caption John Bartlett/NPR ARICA, Chile—Out on the wide open plain on Chile's northernmost coastline, dust billows in the cool breeze which sweeps across the pampa. In front of a row of concrete markers tracing the border with Peru, two sandy-yellow Chilean military excavators crawl along a deep trench, digging three metres down before swinging sharply to dump bucketloads of earth into a rising embankment.
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