Spain's migrant surge blamed on recent amnesty policy

Thousands of migrants arrived on Spain's southern coast from Morocco after Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez granted an amnesty that naturalised nearly one million undocumented residents in February.

U.S. Republican lawmakers, including Rep. Randy Fine, Rep. Burgess Owens, Rep. Chip Roy and Vice‑President JD Vance, denounced the Spanish policy, saying it encouraged the influx and likening the images to the U.S. southern border under the previous administration. They called the amnesty a "mass invasion" and urged changes to U.S. immigration law to prevent similar situations.

The comments highlight a trans‑Atlantic political debate over open‑border policies and their perceived security and demographic impacts.