In late January, Argentina's Ministry of Security published a video on Instagram showing federal forces conducting an operation in Villa Celina, a working-class neighborhood in La Matanza, reportedly searching for undocumented immigrants. Days earlier, a Colombian-born trans man who had requested asylum in Argentina, was detained at the airport for six days, unable to communicate with his family. According to La Izquierda Diario, his asylum claim was rejected, and he was placed on a flight to Porto Alegre, Brazil, under the classification of a "false tourist." According to an X post by Alejandra Monteoliva, Argentina's Minister of National Security, "in December and January, nearly 5,000 foreign nationals were either denied entry or expelled from the country".
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