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The Catholic Church, which supports regularization, remains influential in conservative Spanish politics.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 28, 2026

And if farm owners fail to defend their migrant workforce by advocating against deportations and for regularization of status, they will lose the people quickest to notice when a cow takes ill.

From Salon • Feb. 9, 2025

“Migrants are dehumanized and considered as nothing more than potential labor, entitled only to precarious regularization offers,” the French association said.

From Washington Times • Nov. 6, 2023

He allowed residents who broke zoning rules, constructed illegal houses or added entire wings to their homes to pay a fine in return for regularization.

From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2022

On the other hand there seems no great difficulty in the idea that the regularization of the old Italian town-plan by Greek influence took place spontaneously in the late Republic.

From Ancient Town-Planning by Haverfield, F. (Francis)