“Is amnesty only good if it is for migrants?”. With this question Minister Matteo Piantedosi (pictured) destroyed Bonelli and Fratoianni, after their accusations of an amnesty of buildings that Campania wanted to reopen. The left and the Green Party in particular imploded, as if the minister had defiled a sanctuary. And maybe that’s how it is. Because if there is an untouchable dogma on the left, it is this: amnesty is a crime, unless it serves to regulate illegal immigrants.
Memories turn to the mother of all operations: the 2020 amnesty, signed by the Conte II government and pushed hard by the Pd, M5s and Leu. Presented as “the emergence of illegal work”, this turned out to be an amnesty in disguise.
The mechanism is simple: anyone who has been in Italy without a permit for years, working illegally in agriculture, private homes and care, can leave and request a new permit. The result? More than 220 thousand applications and currently we have found more than 130 thousand illegal immigrants who have become citizens in good standing.
But it was the masterpiece that happened next. Because, instead of saying “enough”, the left is stepping on the gas pedal. The proposals coming from NGOs, CGIL, ASGI, CILD and from all over the democratic and progressive world resemble a catalog of gifts for the world of illegality.
First item: automatic clearance for those who come with contracts that are then not completed. Employer not renewing? No problem: The state still has to grant permission to “wait for work.”
Translation: You come in, you lose your job, but you stay.
Then came the “on call” employers: free entry from abroad at any time, without quotas, without sectors and without time windows. An “Italy is open” 24 hours a day to anyone who wants to bring in labor from abroad.
And again: the ingenious “sponsorship” system. NGOs, trade unions, universities, associations and even private citizens can vouch for foreigners and allow them to enter the country. A shortcut that bypasses the State and opens the door to a parallel entry system.
CGIL, for its part, is enthusiastically relaunching: residence permits for anyone who enters illegally, as long as they declare that they want to work “sooner or later.” Today’s illegal immigrants, tomorrow’s potential workers. So what? Permission for everyone.
Then there’s the real bomb of the whole package: permanent amnesty. No longer extraordinary, no longer extraordinary: daily amnesty, for anyone who is not permanent and finds a contract, even if it is only temporary. Illegality amnesty is automatic, continuous, without brakes.
And of course there is no shortage of left-wing forces: “social rooting”. Did you enter illegally but do you have friends, relationships, or speak a few words of Italian? For DEM, you don’t have to be sent home: you have to be rewarded. Permits that can be renewed and converted into employment. Illegality is transformed into civil virtue.
The Democratic Party closed the loop: rewriting the Dublin Regulation allowing those arriving in Italy and requesting international protection to circulate freely in Europe and the usual demand for the abolition of secret immigration crimes. Bottom line: anyone who enters illegally should no longer be illegal.
So are left-wing groups really angry about the development amnesty?
The Green Party actually spoke “disgraceful words” regarding Minister Piantedosi who, for his part, replied: “We are repairing the mess that has occurred in the past”,
underscoring how today our country has invested in staffing and safety.
Perhaps the real question is this: for the left, are there any irregularities that do not deserve amnesty or are they worth it, as long as they originate abroad?
