Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has legalized at least one million illegal immigrants in the country.
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The Charlie Kirk ShowJul 30, 2026
Sources conflict on the number. The government approved a plan for about 500,000 undocumented migrants and the programme's eligible share is still unclear, while over one million people applied to legalise their status, and Reuters describes the result as nearly 1 million granted legal status.
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… This is, yeah, this is 185. This is the video in question. This is coming from the south of Spain, and it's terrifying to watch because guess what? It looks like Spain is getting invaded right now, which is a terrible thing to see, and there's really no reason this should be happening other than the fact that Spain's feckless Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has legalized millions, I would put it in millions, at least a million, though, illegal immigrants in that country. And so, what do you get when you go soft on immigration, especially when you are neighbors with the Third World? In this case, Morocco is just a small boat ride away. I've actually taken that boat ride on a ferry to Morocco from Spain in years past. …
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Contradicts. BBC and Politico report the government approved a plan to give legal status to around 500,000 undocumented migrants, which is about half the claimed figure.[2][3]
Supports. Reuters describes Spain's government as having provided legal status to nearly 1 million irregular migrants earlier this year, which would roughly match the claim.[1]
Supports. The New York Times and AP report that more than one million undocumented immigrants applied to legalise their status, and AP says the final tally is expected to easily exceed a million applicants.[4][5]
Context. AP notes the government originally estimated about 500,000 beneficiaries, while think tanks and police placed the figure closer to a million; the claim of at least a million falls between these competing estimates.[5]
Context. Vox's claim of as many as 1.2 million people legalised is a partisan characterisation, and the 'nearly 1 million' figure in Reuters is not sourced to an official count of grants.[1][6]
Sources
6 sources: 1 fact-checker, 1 tier 1, 3 not rated, 1 tier 2
- 1Spain's rush to clear Ceuta migrant backlog raises rights ...reuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: supports, context
- 2Spain approves plan to give around 500000 ...bbc.com · tier 1 · cited for: contradicts
- 3Spain moves to grant legal status to half a million ... - Politico EUpolitico.eu · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 4More Than 1 Million Migrants Apply for Legal Status in Spainnytimes.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 5By the numbers: Spain's mass legalization for immigrantsthehour.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 6The bid to reverse Europe's big immigration experiment - tovima.comtovima.com · not rated · cited for: context
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