In an interview with HBO’s Bill Maher Friday night, the former speaker was asked about her thoughts on California lawmakers passing Assembley Bill 1840, which would give illegal immigrants money to buy homes under the state’s Housing Finance Agency’s home purchase assistance program, California Dream for All.

“California lawmakers just passed a law — it hasn‘t been signed by Gov. Newsom — but giving government assistance to undocumented immigrants to buy houses,” Maher said to Pelosi. “That‘s kind of a different place than the Democratic Party used to be on immigration, is it not? I‘m not going to say that’s what the country is going to do, but that‘s certainly where California is.”

“Well, let me just say immigration has always been a bipartisan issue. I refer you to—” Pelosi began to say.

“But not free houses,” Maher interrupted.

“Well, that’s not free housing. It’s the American dream being available to more people,” Pelosi responded. “But understand this about immigration. The best speech on immigration was by President Ronald Reagan. ‘This is the last speech I will make as president of the United States. I want to communicate a message to the country I love.’ And he talked about the Statue of Liberty and the beacon of hope it is to the world and what America was preeminent to the world because our door was always open. And we will cease to be preeminent when we shut the door.”

She added, “Now, I don’t do justice to the ‘Great Communicator.’ Google it. It’s a fabulous speech, and George Herbert Walker Bush continued in that respect for the diversity of America and the rest. California is always in the lead. Maybe others will follow that lead, but that’s up to those states. But we are very blessed here with beautiful diversity.”

“So, you’d vote for this law?” Maher reacted.

“Well, I’m not familiar with exactly what that is, but making the American dream of homeownership available to all people is something we have to do for people who are here now,” Pelosi said.

“This is before you’re a citizen. This is for the undocumented,” Maher pressed.

“Well, what I would like to do is move them to documented,” Pelosi responded. “One of the best things we can do for our economy is pass comprehensive immigration reform.”

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