Makassar City Government Intensity in Supervision and Regulation of Foreign Residents as a Form of Safeguarding the Sovereignty of the Indonesian Nation

Abstract

Makassar is now one of the most attractive cities for foreigners to visit; this then needs to be taken seriously by the authorities and those who have the power to carry out the supervisory function of these foreigners because the data revealed that in 2018 13 foreigners are detected as committing violations until they enter the realm of immigration crime, indirectly this will be a threat to the sovereignty of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia. Proposed research The implementation of supervision of foreigners and foreign community organisations are aimed at maintaining the upholding of the Sovereignty of the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia. Achieving these monitoring objectives requires an optimal role from the city government, which must also involve other elements such as relevant government agencies and the community—bearing in mind also that supervision is one of the roles of the government related to its administrative functions.

The research uses a descriptive analysis approach, which will seek or describe the intensity of supervision and regulation of the Makassar City Government for foreigners in maintaining the nation’s sovereignty. The type of research applied is research with a writing method with a normative juridical approach (normative legal analysis), which refers to legal norms contained in legislation that uses a normative footing.

The results of the study show the following: (a) Makassar City Government's intensity in Supervision and Regulation of Foreign Residents as a form of safeguarding National Sovereignty is carried out through the Makassar City National and Political Unity Agency by forming a Foreigner Supervision Team (POA) to carry out its supervisory role in the form of monitoring of the presence of foreigners in Makassar. Kesbangpol also involves the Regional Intelligence Community, abbreviated as Kominda, to facilitate the monitoring of foreigners in Makassar City. (b) The process of carrying out verification is the main task of the immigration authorities to carry out data collection. Data on foreigners from the immigration department is then coordinated with the Makassar City Government in a meeting of the Foreigner Supervision Team (POA). Keywords: Intensity, Surveillance, Foreign Residents, City Government