Chileans are fed up with extremism and yearn for moderation and common sense, argues Evelyn Matthei, the mayor of Providencia, a posh part of Santiago, the capital.
Quick regularisation is helpful, as it brings down health-care costs as well as boosting the tax take. Many Latin Americans, especially Chileans, think migrants bring crime.
President Boric said Chile recognized the support of Mexico in accepting more than 3,000 Chileans following the ousting of Salvador Allende on September the 11th, 1973.
Some of the protesters' complaints during the social unrest were reasonable, Ms Matthei concedes. Many Chileans were " very angry" because they felt economically precarious.
In Latin America and Africa, it's climate change, number one, and Chile is one of the highest, with 86 percent of Chileans saying that climate change is the greatest external threat.