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Chile approves faster deportation process for undocumented migrants
Chile’s Congress approved a law to speed up deportations of people living in the country without legal status.
The law would let police ask a judge for permission to enter a home solely to arrest someone who has an expulsion order.
Public agencies could also be asked to share information about undocumented people so authorities can notify them of those orders.
The measure was first proposed in 2024 by former president Gabriel Boric and later revived by President José Antonio Kast, who took office in March.
Kast campaigned on removing more than 330,000 people estimated to be in Chile without legal status, but his government deported about 1,800 people in its first six months.
Most undocumented migrants in Chile are Venezuelan, and strained relations with Venezuela have hindered deportations; the two countries agreed to restore ties in July, but that has not yet led to more removals of Venezuelans.
Chile’s Congress approved a law to speed up the deportation of undocumented migrants.
The law allows police to ask a judge for permission to enter a home to detain someone with a deportation order.
Public agencies may also be asked for information about undocumented migrants so authorities can notify them of deportation orders.
The bill was first introduced by former president Gabriel Boric in 2024 and was revived by President José Antonio Kast’s administration.
Kast has made deporting undocumented migrants a key policy, but Chile expelled about 1,800 people in his first six months in office.
- Who
- Chile’s Congress approved the law. It was revived by President José Antonio Kast’s administration.
- What
- A law to speed up deportations of undocumented migrants, including measures allowing police to seek judicial permission to enter a home to detain someone with a deportation order.
- When
- Tuesday. The article was published on October 21, 2026.
- Where
- Chile.
- Why
- The law is intended to speed up deportations of undocumented migrants.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Former president Gabriel Boric introduced the bill.
José Antonio Kast took office as president.
Chile agreed to normalize relations with Venezuela.
Chile’s Congress approved the law to speed up deportations.
- Estimated undocumented migrants in Chile
- More than 330,000
- Deportations in Kast’s first six months
- About 1,800
- Bill introduced
- 2024
- President
- José Antonio Kast
What people are saying
to enter a home for the sole purpose of detaining a person who has a deportation order