?“The Melting Pot” is controversial immigration program that is currently engaged in heated and bitter disagreements with Panamanian Authorities. This program was conceived during former president Ricardo Martinelli Berrocal’s administration, which is also the president of the Democratic Change Party. The program’s main goal is to provide illegal aliens, regardless of their nationality, the opportunity to renew their migratory status on Panamanian soil. The Melting Pot’s first migratory fair opened in July 2010. Consequently, on 2013 the first migratory renewals were made. These fairs continued until October 2014 and in the end, almost 50,000 immigrants legalized their status, according to Panamanian National Migration Service accounts. On the other hand, not every individual has the same fee to legalize his or her status. For instance, according to information gathered from Panamanian National Migration Service guidelines, there where three different groups of immigrants and their respective fees: first, those nationalities with visa suppression agreements would pay a total of $767. The next group includes those countries without a visa suppression agreement and would have to pay a fee of $1,272. Finally, there there’s a group of those with restricted nationalities that would have to pay as much as $2,600 for renewal, for example Chinese or Indian. In addition, if any individual wants a work permit, he or she has to pay an extended fee of $500 for a two-year permit. In the end, there’s no permanent residence given. Eventually, elections came in May 2014 and the ruling party lost to the “People’s First” coalition, led by former Vice President Juan Carlos Varela Rodriguez of the Panamenism Party. This new government stated that programs of dubious nature, like The Melting Pot, would be scrutinized and terminated if any anomalies were to be found. However, some of the now official representatives seemed a bit relucta