The secretary general of Vox, Ignacio Garriga, announced this Monday that his party will file an appeal before the Supreme Court against the extraordinary regularization of immigrants and will demand its precautionary suspension as soon as it is approved by the Council of Ministers, presumably this Tuesday.
In an appearance before the media at the national headquarters of the party, Garriga has described this government initiative as another sign of "corruption" and has criticized that it be processed through a "simple decree".
"Tomorrow what is going to happen is the legalization and institutionalization of the migratory invasion. Tomorrow the Council of Ministers is going to send a very clear message to the world, which is that coming kicking the door has a prize in Spain. And we are not going to stand idly by in the face of this umpteenth attack on the Spanish people," Garriga guaranteed.
From Vox they maintain that migratory policy must involve, in addition to stopping this regularization, opening negotiations with the countries of origin of the cayucos, where mafias operate, with the aim of cutting off departures and articulating agreements for them to accept the return of those who arrive irregularly.
"The Spanish, first" as the axis of the discourse
While it does not achieve the necessary majority to apply its plan on immigration matters, Santiago Abascal's party intends to use its institutional weight to "convey the message of 'Spaniards first'", hindering access to "privileges and social aid" for those who "have not contributed" and have entered Spain irregularly.
"I am convinced that all Spaniards will agree with us that a father, before the neighbor, gives the sandwich to his son. It seems that institutions have inverted (the order) and we, among other things, come to reverse and put order in that misunderstood solidarity," he added.
Coinciding with the approval of the decree they intend to appeal before the Supreme Court, Vox will launch this Tuesday a specific campaign to denounce "the cost" and the "consequences" of what it defines as a "migratory invasion, promoted and financed" for years by both the PSOE and the PP.
According to Garriga, the "official data" would show that Spain "has entered collapse." In his opinion, "the overcost of immigration of more than 30,000 million euros has consequences not only on the State's coffers, but on the aid that many Spanish families and workers stop receiving," he pointed out, raising to two million the number of immigrants who "live off social benefits."
Impact on health, safety, and housing
The leader of Vox has linked immigration with citizen insecurity, the increase in waiting lists in healthcare and dependency, as well as with tensions in access to housing, and has taken the opportunity to refer to the bill that Junts will defend this Tuesday in the Plenary Session of Congress to prohibit the burqa.
The Vox spokesman in the Catalan Parliament has also denounced Junts' "opportunism" and what he considers "inconsistencies" in its stance, holding Carles Puigdemont's party responsible for being one of the main actors in "the Islamization of Catalonia".
"We want to denounce the hypocrisy of Junts, which leads them to worry about the burqa when they see they are losing votes and that Catalonia is already unrecognizable due to their policies," he emphasized, recalling that Míriam Nogueras's party registered that law the same day they voted against another one proposed by their formation to sanction those who use "burqa and niqab."
In any case, Garriga has claimed that, "with much effort", Vox has achieved, through its agreements with the PP, that the use of the burka is already prohibited in some municipalities.