Abstract
The Dirección Nacional de Migraciones (DNM) is the state agency in charge of applying the migration policy in Argentina. Since the enactment of the Immigraton Law N° 25.871 of 2003, the DNM’s operation was evaluated and modified, generating different reactions within. This article proposes to identify the institutional changes carried out in this agency to adapt to the new law institutionally, examining them from the perspective of its employees. Methodologically, we analyzed the content of specialized bibliography and legislation and we proceeded with a qualitative methodological approach by conducting interviews with employees and former employees of the DNM from different Delegations analyzing two variables: the functioning before the year 2004 and the resistances to the changes inside the institution.
Keywords:
institutions; public immigration policy; Dirección Nacional de Migraciones; Argentina