His first important appointment, as head at the Bureau of Immigration, was considered a juicy post by many. The numbers of those struggling to get the foothold of citizenship in Panama in recent years has included refugees from war-torn areas of Latin America, like Nicaragua, as well as an increasing number of "visitors" from mainland China, hoping to escape Communism.
他的第一個職位﹘﹘內政部移民局局長，是許多人眼中的「肥缺」，不僅內戰頻仍的中美洲國家如尼加拉瓜等國之難民，千方百計想進入巴境；為求躲避共黨的中共「大陸客」，更是每年成百成千地、企圖非法在此居留。