Illegal Immigration a Crime

Is Illegal Immigration a crime in Spain? You bet it is punishable by exportation stopping first at the local gulag for a beating. Just kidding.

A good article explaining the arbitrary process of ‘Immigration in Spain’ was written up in ZNet. It’s worth a read to see how other countries boggle the process. Actually, Spain is a very progressive country and has the most liberal immigration laws of any of the European nations. A recent article in Expatica.com discusses the future of immigration to Spain and talks about the future that the Socialist government is working for in the Spanish immigration world.

As many of you know, my son Seth has moved to Barcelona Spain and has been working for the past several months illegally! Afraid of the local law enforcement he left the country when his visa ran out and has now returned and is in the process of establishing permanent residence and obtaining a work permit. I just received this short note from him and as promised am passing it along:

Hey guys,

This is just a quick note to let you know that I’m still alive.

I got a job so I decided to stay in Barcelona, for how long I have no idea. I just started my papers to be able to work, and yesterday I got my Spanish Social Security number, so hopefully soon I will no longer be an illegal immigrant.

I miss all of you and I will write again soon in more detail when I am not pressed for time.

Dos besos – Senor Seth

So there you have it. To see the beginning of the adventure you can do a search of the web site for “Seth” or go to ‘Seth Goes to Spain‘ or to ‘The Girls are as Cold as the Weather‘. I will keep this thread going.