Overview

• The Spanish government has reopened negotiations on an Iniciativa Legislativa Popular (ILP) to regularize over 500,000 undocumented immigrants after a year-long delay.
• The new Extranjería regulation, which took effect recently, has left more than 200,000 asylum seekers in legal limbo, intensifying the urgency for legislative action.
• The PP faces competing pressures from Vox, which opposes regularization, and the Church, which strongly advocates for it, as it prepares for its ideological congress in July.
• The ILP, supported by 700,000 signatories and 700 social organizations, has gained backing from the Conference Episcopal, which calls for a compassionate approach.
• Spain has a history of extraordinary immigration regularizations, with five such initiatives since 1986, shaping expectations for the current legislative effort.