The world needs so much more Pedro Sánchez right now

@ilumium
And this trajectory has been, economically, very good for Spain.

@Remittancegirl @ilumium When you have >500k undocumented immigrants working or looking for a job (even a low paying one) in an economy that desperately needs workers -- mostly for low paying jobs, but anyway -- giving them papers means more people paying taxes, more people paying social security, less incentive for black economy.

@ilumium Cool. Now if only they could get rid of all the Russian organized crime out of their country. Then Pedro becomes my hero.

@mbpaz @ilumium
I live in a very working class barrio with a lot of social housing and I have always been so happy at how welcoming and inclusive it is.

@mbpaz p.s. not necessarily to me. Hahahah. But especially to North African and Central African and South American migrants. @ilumium

@Remittancegirl @ilumium I've lived in the poorest barrio and the richest outskirts of the same Spanish town and honestly, the proportion of hopeless assholes to reasonable and welcoming people is roughly the same.

@Remittancegirl @ilumium

Just guessing - easily mistaken with an American tourist?

FWIW - immigrants to Spain from the USA were very rare until recently. For some reason, lately I meet more and more of them.

@ilumium Dignity, community, and justice!

@ilumium This guy should so do ASMR

@ilumium having increased the Spanish population in 2M people since 2020 while he blocks the construction of new flats has been a master move for his landlord friends.

@ilumium it’s sad that I’m so starved for the tiniest bit of decency from any government that that bought a tear to my eye

@Remittancegirl @ilumium

And scientists have studied it hundreds and times, and found immigration to be positive.

And yet racist fucks just won't believe it, and Epstein-associated newspaper owners will keep pushing stories that suggest that, somehow, having immigrants is bad. I mean, that's just common knowledge, NO NEED TO JUSTIFY SUCH A CLAIM!!!