2001-2002: Cosponsored bill to reduce refugee and asylum fraud (Feinstein).
Sen. Feinstein cosponsored S. 1627 to require applicants for refugee and asylee status to have biometric identifiers. This would help reduce the number of applicants who are denied refugee status but then fail to leave the country. The primary sponsor was Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.).

2002: Cosponsored bill to reward illegal aliens minors with amnesty (Kennedy)
Sen. Feinstein cosponsored S. 2444 to reward any illegal alien minor with amnesty if a judge declares that deportation is not in their best interest. The bills primary sponsor was Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.).

2001-2002: Cosponsored bill allowing illegal aliens to pay a fine and change to a legal status (Hagel).
Sen. Feinstein cosponsored S. 778 to extend the Section 245(i) amnesty for one year. This is an amnesty that allows certain illegal aliens to pay a fine and adjust their status to legal status. The primary sponsor was Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.).

2002: Cosponsored a bill that would compromise border control efforts (Kennedy).
Sen. Feinstein cosponsored S. 2444, an INS restructuring bill that would have potentially compromised border control efforts by redefining immigration law to include not only the Immigration and Nationality Act but also Executive Orders and international agreements. The bills primary sponsor was Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.).

2001-2002: Cosponsored bill to increase border control with an alien tracking and identification system (Kennedy).
Sen. Feinstein cosponsored the Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2001 to create an entry-exit system that would check every visa holder as they enter and exit the U.S. S. 1749, sponsored by Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.), did not come to a vote.

2001-2002: Cosponsored bill to increase border control with an alien tracking and identification system (Feinstein).
Sen. Feinstein cosponsored S. 1627 to create a comprehensive alien tracking and identification system that would implement an entry-exit system to check every visa holder upon entering and exiting the U.S. The primary sponsor was Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.).

2002: Cosponsored a bill that would allow asylum applicants to escape without awaiting approval (Kennedy).
Sen. Feinstein cosponsored S. 2444 would have added thousands of illegal aliens to the population each year by greatly reducing the detention of asylum applicants while their cases are pending, thus allowing them to disappear into the public. This bills primary sponsor was Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.).

2001-2002: Cosponsored bill to decrease illegal immigration with an alien tracking and identification system (Kennedy).
Sen. Feinstein cosponsored the Enhanced Border Security and Visa Entry Reform Act of 2001 to create a comprehensive alien tracking and identification system by implementing an entry-exit system with an integrated database of biometric identifiers for every visa holder. This would have greatly reduced the ability for a visa holder to overstay their visa and become an illegal alien in the U.S. S. 1749, sponsored by Sen. Ted Kennedy (D-Mass.), did not come to a vote.

2001-2002: Cosponsored bill to increase interior enforcement with alien tracking and identification system (Feinstein).
Sen. Feinstein cosponsored S. 1627 to create a comprehensive alien tracking and identification system. This would have reduced the opportunities for an alien in the U.S. to overstay a visa and become an illegal alien. The primary sponsor was Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.).

2001-2002: Cosponsored bill to increase interior enforcement with a fingerprint processing system (Snowe).
Sen. Feinstein cosponsored S. 1491 to create and implement a fingerprint processing system for every visa holder. This would help increase interior enforcement by allowing for tracking of aliens while they are in the U.S. and decreasing the probability that an alien will overstay a visa and become an illegal alien. The bills primary sponsor was Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-Maine).