Chile's far-right presidential candidate, Jose Antonio Kast, one of the favorites to succeed leftist leader Gabriel Boric in November's vote, vowed Monday to deport "all" undocumented migrants if victorious.

Some 330,000 foreign nationals, the vast majority Venezuelans, live illegally in the South American country, according to official estimates.

Kast, who is hotly tipped to win the presidency on his third attempt, said he would make illegal migration a crime and deport all undocumented migrants, including children.

The law-and-order candidate, who was narrowly beaten by Boric in December 2021, declared that all illegal migrants, including children, would be detained pending their deportation.

"All of them will stay in temporary detention centers until their expulsion to their country

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