Overview
- The government is set to present a new National Migration Agency that anchors a plan for a specialized Migratory Police within the Security Ministry.
- Coverage of land borders now led by Gendarmería and airport control by the PSA would transition to the new force, with structure, command and training designs in progress.
- Alejandra Monteoliva is positioned to lead implementation after she becomes security minister on December 10, continuing the agenda driven by Patricia Bullrich and backed by President Javier Milei.
- The unit would be staffed largely by reassigned federal personnel with targeted training to professionalize controls and counter human trafficking, narcotrafficking and terrorism.
- Decree 366/2025 transferred Migraciones to the Security Ministry and created an auxiliary framework across federal forces, while the 2026 budget line for the new force is still pending and Congress is expected to take up the needed measures; the broader reform is modeled on U.S. DHS with an FBI-like DFI also proposed.