The Wall became a national obsession, a sort of institution of the American state, capable of overcoming the differences between Republicans and Democrats.
Given the continuing migratory flows and the growth of the far right in the country, it is likely that immigration will remain a central issue in Portuguese political debate.
The decision to close the Darién crossing led to a barbed wire fence with deep implications for regional migration dynamics and the human rights of migrants.
The idea of migrant crime is based on a false and xenophobic thesis, that is, on a lie that seeks to construct the idea of migrants as “dangerous people”.