California Senator Dianne Feinstein, sometimes seen as relatively sane on immigration, was appalling during her appearance on January 28th CNN Tonight Show with [1] Lou Dobbs.

Regarding amnesty and illegal immigration, Feinstein said:

• “…We passed Proposition 187…it was found to be unconstitutional. There is a lot of worry somebody’s going to put something similar back on the ballot and that it would pass again.
• “We have to be practical…There are many people who have been here 15, 20 years, a long time many of whom missed the earlier amnesty….There should be the ability to adjust their status.”

1) Proposition 187 was never “found unconstitutional,” its defense was [2] sabotaged by Democratic Governor Gray Davis.

And no one—except possibly Feinstein, her Congressional colleagues and the Mexican ethnic identity lobby– is worried that a measure “similar” to Proposition 187 would be placed on the ballot. We would welcome it.

2) Feinstein’s suggestion that those aliens who “missed the earlier [3] amnesty” nearly twenty years ago are entitled to another one simply sends this message to aliens: just get to the US—and sooner or later you’ll be legal.