Despite her maximalist views on abortion, I’ve long had a soft spot of Dianne Feinstein because she’s been one of the few Democrats willing to be at least a little supportive of immigration controls. Well, no more. Apparently, now she’s not even pretending that the McCain-Kennedy amnesty, which she now backs, will be accompanied by stricter enforcement, rejecting the very idea of banning the employment of illegals.

Amnesty sponsors Specter and McCain have rushed to say, “Pay no attention to the senator behind the curtain,” and declared their undying commitment to fining the employers of illegals aliens — after they get their amnesty. You wonder how these people sleep at night.

On the other hand, Sen. Dorgan, Democrat of North Dakota (or is it South Dakota?) was on the Senate floor yesterday quoting Harvard economist George Borjas on the harm that mass immigration does to America’s poor. Apparently, they haven’t discovered the joys of a master-servant society yet in the northern plains.