Overview
- The government is presenting the new Agencia Nacional de Migraciones today, with Patricia Bullrich and incoming minister Alejandra Monteoliva leading the event.
- The Migration Police is slated to take over checks at border crossings and airports, functions now handled by Gendarmería and the Airport Security Police.
- Personnel will be reassigned from existing federal forces and receive specialized training, with officials stressing limited net new hiring.
- The 2026 budget line for the new force has not been formalized, and several elements still require congressional authorization and regulatory steps.
- The move follows Decree 366/2025 that shifted Migraciones to the Security portfolio and fits into a broader redesign that includes a proposed federal investigations body modeled on the FBI.