It’s the fever dream of Joe Biden, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, and progressives everywhere, but they can only watch Spain with jealousy. The European country is doing what that bunch themselves can only dream of, which is giving a free pass to hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants.
As long as you’ve managed to stay there for a few months without getting caught committing any crimes, you’re free to stay in España:
Spain’s Socialist-led government approved a royal decree on Tuesday, allowing unauthorized immigrants who entered the country before the end of 2025 and who have lived there for at least five months and have no criminal record to obtain one-year residency and work permits with possible pathways to citizenship.
While many European governments have moved to tighten immigration policies — some encouraged by the Trump administration’s hardline approach — Spain has taken a different path. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez and his ministers have repeatedly highlighted what they describe as the economic benefits of legal migration, particularly for the country’s aging workforce.
What could go wrong?
The leaders of Spain:
— Wall Street Mav (@WallStreetMav) January 28, 2026
1) legalizing 500,000 illegals from Africa if they can prove they have lived in Spain for 5+ months.
2) giving work visas to India.
Spain has an unemployment rate of 10%.
What is going on in that country? Are they intentionally trying to implode it? pic.twitter.com/0cNRwRNpOX
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Government officials labeled it as a victory over the far right:
A government spokesman said: “We not only intend to remain a beacon, but I want to believe that we will be a seed and a germ to fight against the advance of this far-Right wave that is trying to gain ground, and against which we will do everything in our power to stop it.”
Podemos said the legislation would help dismantle “institutional racism that only fuels exploitation and racist hatred”, while the government cast the move as a political challenge to the Right-wing Vox party, which has been steadily rising in the polls.
U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly warned European countries that their policies of unfettered migration — often letting in huge numbers of people from countries that don’t respect Europe’s traditions or its laws — are cultural suicide. In a December interview, Trump warned them in no uncertain terms that they were playing a fool's game, singling out England as an example of what not to do:
…Trump amplified that worldview, describing cities like London and Paris as creaking under the burden of migration from the Middle East and Africa. Without a change in border policy, Trump said, some European states “will not be viable countries any longer.”
...Trump singled out London’s left-wing mayor, Sadiq Khan, the son of Pakistani immigrants and the city’s first Muslim mayor, as a “disaster” and blamed his election on immigration: “He gets elected because so many people have come in. They vote for him now.”
Not all of Spain’s leaders are on board with the radical plan:
The plan has sparked a fierce political battle, as conservatives and the populist Vox party have condemned what they describe as an amnesty that could fuel irregular migration.
Vox leader Santiago Abascal wrote on social media that the measure "harms all Spaniards," arguing critics of his party are motivated by fear of Vox’s growing influence.
🚨SPANISH GOVERNMENT GIVES HALF A MILLION ILLEGAL MIGRANTS RIGHT TO VOTE
— Basil the Great (@BasilTheGreat) January 28, 2026
They explicitly say this is to 'defeat the far right'
So there you have it
That's the plan
Let them all in then tell them all to vote left wing
This is Keir Starmer's plan. pic.twitter.com/EDs4dBYmLW
Many pundits have argued that Joe Biden’s “let them all in” immigration policy, wherein tens of millions of people poured in unvetted into our homeland, was at heart a political ploy to strengthen the Democrat party’s voting base — no matter the damage to the country. Europe’s leaders are finding out, like Biden, that such an unregulated tsunami brings harsh consequences, ranging from safety issues to economic woes to humanitarian crises. Also, like Biden, far too many of their leaders simply don’t care, as long as they can push their socialist views on their societies.
There’s a simple lesson that most young parents learn quickly: reward bad behavior, and you will soon get more of it. Maybe that’s exactly what Spain’s socialist leaders want: more immigrants entering the country illegally.
And that’s exactly what they’re likely to get.
