Tellado on the regularization of immigrants: « The Government will not get a blank check of the PP » | Spain

The extraordinary regularization of immigrants has won a new impulse in Congress. The PSOE has risen negotiations that had been stagnant and bets on now for approved, as soon as possible, The Popular Legislative Initiative (ILP) with which they could obtain their roles up to half a million people. The movement of the Socialists has been unexpected because it was never a fervent defender of this measure, but now he sees it as an ideal way to amend the gaps left by the new Foreigner Regulation, which entered into force on Tuesday. Although the rule maintains its spirit of facilitating procedures, it has imposed barriers especially to the more than 200,000 asylum seekers in Spain waiting for its application to be resolved. The left applauds the acceleration, while the right has taken the opportunity to load against the Executive.

The PP spokesman in Congress, Miguel Tellado, has confirmed that his party is against the ILP of regularization of immigrants, Although in April of last year he voted in favor of initiating his parliamentary process. Tellado has pointed out to the PSOE for « constantly » all its amendments and has accused the Government of enduring work that, according to their criteria, should only affect parliamentary groups. The PP has ratified so that it will not support that initiative: « The Government will not get a blank check of the PP. »

Miguel Tellado has reproached that the approach of the measure “does not contemplate any of its requirements” proposed in the amendments. And, although the requirements or the procedure to be followed have not yet been set, the spokesman has criticized that claims have not been taken into account such as demanding immigrants to prove the absence of a criminal record, that they are not repeat offenders, that they had any accredited activity, to assume constitutional values ​​and that the regularization follows an individualized process.

Vox, the only party that did not even support the process of the ILP, has ratified its No. In fact, its Vox spokesman in Congress, Pepa Millán, has announced that they have just registered a proposition of the Organic Law to modify The Foreigner Law and restrict the current regularization routes, such as roots.

For its part, we can, with the government preferentially negotiate the initiative, has celebrated its reactivation. The general secretary of Podemos, Ione Belarra, insisted on Tuesday that if the government really intends to regularize hundreds of thousands of migrants could do it « tomorrow » by approval of a royal decree in the Council of Ministers. The deputy has denied at a press conference that her party is negotiating the terms of the initiative in Congress. « It was time for the Government of Spain to reflect on the need not to maintain these people in democratic exceptionality. It is a cultivation broth for exploitation. Right now we have no negotiation with the government, which has initiated a course with which we disagree, » he explained. « If the Government brings an initiative that is positive for the Spaniards, you can count on our votes, » said Belarra, who believes that the Executive does not opt ​​for the Decree route because « uses » « together » and PNV to « not make the transformations that the country needs. »

Meanwhile, PNV sources consulted by EFE have indicated that the PSOE proposal is linked to its development through a regulation that they have not been able to know, so they are waiting to have more information to advance the negotiations. Junts, for now, keeps silence in Madrid. The spokeswoman in the Catalan Parliament, Mònica Sales, has just said that it is something that Miriam Nogueras will carry in Congress and has avoided assessments. Both games, PNV and Junts, will be key for the ILP to move forward.

Add, who pressed without much success to the PSOE to not let the initiative die, has celebrated on Tuesday what it has defined as a “change of position” of the PSOE, but has asked that the measure includes foreigners arriving in national territory until the approval of the ILP in the Cortes. The draft raised by the Government It contemplates the term until December 31, 2024. At a press conference, the spokeswoman of the parliamentary group, Verónica Barbero, added that they want the Royal Decree that the Executive must develop to define the criteria that will determine the profiles included in the regularization is prepared and approved in two months, and not six as indicated by the proposal of the socialist part of the government. « What we want is for the text to be as wide as possible and cover as many people as possible. We understand that we cannot wait six months to have an approved regulation. With two it is enough, » he concluded.

The BNG spokesman in Congress, Néstor Rego, also celebrated that the PSOE « moves file » and has raised after months of blocking. « There is a movement, but we want it to be realized. The gesture is still quite indefinite, » said the nationalist deputy. « The government is empowered for an unique exceptional authorization, but it is not even referred to the authorization of work and residence for a year (…) we want greater concretion and that any doubt is resolved in relation to these deadlines. »

With information from Javier Casqueiro, Paula Chouza, Carlos E. Cué, Xosé Hermida and María Martín.