Paul Moss

If they have a work contract visa, they have to stay at the same job until the visa is issued to get a permanent visa.

We fear if CAST wins, there'll be a problem regularising migrants.

In 2023, the number of foreigners living in Chile was up by 46% compared to 2018.

Official estimates suggest about 336,000 people live here undocumented, many from Venezuela.

Gabriel Funes is a Venezuelan who works as a waiter.

He moved four years ago.

He's applied for a visa, but he's still had no response from the government.

I left Venezuela because the country was in a very, very bad economic situation.

I got a temporary Chilean ID so I can contribute to social security and pay taxes here.

I submitted the paperwork to the Chilean immigration office, but I still haven't received a response.

My payments go into a friend's account.

I'm basically a ghost here.

Since Kast said he's going to deport us, we've seen more xenophobia.

I work in a restaurant and it never happened to me.

And then about 20 days ago, a table arrived.

They started talking about migrants having to leave.

This election campaign has been dominated by crime and immigration as the flow of people into the country has recently grown.

Communist Party's Yanet Tara has said she'd deploy the army to protect borders.

The far-right front-runner, José Antonio Kast, has pledged a Donald Trump-style border wall and mass deportations.

People who are breaking the law today and are in Chile irregularly have 90 days to leave if they want to apply again to enter.