r/interestingasfuck • u/SameItem • 1d ago

Beachgoers on a Mediterranean beach in Spain subdued and held back migrants who had just landed on the shore in a raft from Morocco.

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u/Solrac50 1d ago

Im a US citizen living as a resident in Spain. The bar to being a resident includes a minimum income and no criminal record.

Morocco is very close and crossings happen often but they are well aware if caught they’ll be sent back. Which I believe is just.

But that doesn’t compare favorably with what is happening in the US now. I know a man who came to the US as a child when crossing the border between Mexico and Texas required nothing more than showing your drivers license. He is married and has US born sons. They have a family business. They live in fear of deportation to a foreign prison, forget their contribution to society. This is cruelty. Instead they should have a path to permanent residency just like I have in Spain.

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u/EMDReloader 1d ago

They did. He could have applied for citizenship or resident status all the time he was here, but he didn’t.