Friday at age 90, once assailed illegal immigration as a net drain on working and middle-class Americans.
“I think you’ve seen the figures [for] state and local governments of what the cost is. It’s over $2 billion in California alone…that’s why the issue is now joined with two million illegal immigrants,” Feinstein told reporters before explaining how illegal immigration crushes Americans: “Border control is a federal responsibility. We simply don’t enforce our borders adequately. In my state, you have about 2,000 people a day, illegally, who cross the border,” Feinstein said, continuing:
Feinstein went so far as to defend her position on controlling immigration from a liberal panelist who advocated open borders: