Swiss journalist, writer, and politician James Schwarzenbach (1911-1994) is a controversial figure of Swiss 20th Century history. A fervid anti-Communist and Catholic, he fought in the 1960s and 70s for a massive reduction of immigrants living in Switzerland. Schwarzenbach was also a deep admirer of General Franco and built friendships with several important people of the Spanish regime. The present article aims to point out his Spanish passion and his contradiction between his admiration of a regime, which economically depended from the emigration of manpower, and Schwarzenbach’s policy against immigration in Switzerland.