Overview
- Spain’s Interior Ministry, citing the 1968 Official Secrets Law and past Cabinet accords, labeled as secret or reserved all documents needed to plan, prepare, or carry out the April regularization.
- The classification covers internal police assessments and notes from immigration and border units, including the National Police’s foreign affairs division, UCRIF, and the CENIF center.
- The government told the Popular Party it does not have the requested reports and said the initiative remains in processing, so there is no final text to release.
- The Popular Party says the decision blocks scrutiny of totals and criminal‑record data and it plans new questions in Congress about when the Cabinet adopted the classification.
- The decree is in force and government estimates say it could reach more than 500,000 residents, with applicants required to submit criminal background checks after an earlier idea to accept sworn statements was dropped.