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Spain's PM Sánchez Defends Migrant Regularisation Against Elon Musk's Criticism
Spain aims to legalise 500,000 undocumented workers to support its ageing workforce and pension system, with economic growth at 2.8% last year, PM Sánchez said.
- Pedro Sánchez responded on X to Elon Musk on Jan 29, defending his government's migrant-regularisation plan and sparking international attention on the social platform.
- Approved by Sánchez's leftist government, the plan on Tuesday could regularise around 500,000 undocumented workers to sustain the workforce and pension system.
- Musk amplified criticism by sharing Ian Miles Cheong's post on X that labelled the plan 'electoral engineering' and wrote `The logic is simple: legalise half a million people, fast-track them to citizenship , and you’ve effectively imported a massive, loyal voting bloc that’s indebted to the left`, a post with nearly 12 million views.
- The opposition reacted sharply, with PP and Vox accusing Sánchez of using migrant regularisation to gain voters, saying it will encourage illegal immigration.
- Broader context links immigration policy to workforce and economic resilience, with Spain's economy expanding 2.8 percent last year, amid Musk's Starship development.
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