US EditionPresident Kast Begins Construction of Border Shield to Curb Illegal Immigration
Chile's Border Shield includes trenches, walls, drones, and patrols to reduce irregular migration by over 50%, combat crime, and control authorized crossings, officials said.
- On Monday, March 16, 2026, President Kast oversaw trenching at Chacalluta, with a bulldozer and soldiers present, as part of border barrier preparations.
- Rising migration and security concerns follow Chile’s foreign population doubling between 2017 and 2024, with over 300,000 undocumented foreigners, many Venezuelans, settling in recent years.
- Ditches, fences and drone patrols form the core of the Border Shield plan, with emergency powers and decrees used to increase security, echoing U.S. President Donald Trump.
- Kast framed the effort as a national milestone and vowed to close the border to illegal immigration, drug trafficking and organised crime with implementation without delay.
- Sworn in on March 11, 2026, Kast moved within days to tighten borders, marking Chile’s most right-wing turn since 1990 and reflecting his youth support for Gen. Augusto Pinochet.
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Chile Starts Building a Wall on Peru Border to Stop Illegal Migrants
The recently inaugurated administration of Chilean conservative President José Antonio Kast this week began construction of a wall along Chile's border with Peru to crack down on illegal migration. The post Chile Starts Building a Wall on Peru Border to Stop Illegal Migrants appeared first on Breitbart.
Countries facing conflicts over border disputes and illegal immigration are successively moving to install physical border walls. Analysis suggests that the trend of physical border closures is spreading globally following U.S. President Donald Trump’s installation of a wall on the Mexican border in 2017 as part of his anti-immigration policy.
The ultra-rightist sets in motion the Fonterizo Shield Plan with 30,000 km of ditches as well as electrified security fences, drones and radars. More information: Kast goes for irregular immigrants: proposes a "return" corridor after winning the elections in Chile
With mechanical shovels, trucks and backhoes, which raised a large dust in an arid setting, members of the Military Labour Corps of the Chilean Army began work this Monday to dig a ditch next to the border with Peru, as part of one of the three fundamental promises of the Government of José Antonio Kast, in this case to cut the irregular entry of immigrants into the South American country. Kast traveled to the area, in the far north of Chile, on…
The new president, José Antonio Kast, announced on Monday the work of his "border shield", a campaign promise that could cover up to 500 kilometres.
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