Feinstein Opposes Bush Plan as Unrealistic
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) said Thursday she would oppose President Bush’s immigration plan because it could increase illegal immigration.
“I think the program is unrealistic,” Feinstein said in a statement issued by her office.
As a member of the Judiciary Committee, Feinstein said she expected to take a closer look at the plan in the course of committee hearings. But she stressed, “I will not support a plan that could be a magnet for more illegal immigration.”
California’s junior Democratic senator, Barbara Boxer, has not yet taken an official position on the Bush plan.
Boxer is a cosponsor of a bipartisan bill that would create a smaller guest worker program for farm jobs and would allow as many as 500,000 undocumented agricultural workers to obtain legal status.
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Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar
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