Sorensen said he would support significant immigration reform.
Support significant immigration reform.
Occurrences
Evidence
The House website says Sorensen took to the House floor to urge Congress to pass the DIGNITY Act and states that he is a cosponsor of that comprehensive bipartisan immigration reform bill.
Congress.gov lists Eric Sorensen as a cosponsor of H.R. 3599 on 01/17/2024. The bill page shows the measure remained in introduced status and did not become law.
The Clerk's roll call page shows Sorensen voted Yea on the Laken Riley Act passage vote. This indicates he was not uniformly opposed to immigration enforcement measures, but it is not itself comprehensive reform.
Assessments
The promise was to support significant immigration reform, not necessarily to secure enactment. During his federal House term, Sorensen cosponsored H.R. 3599, the bipartisan DIGNITY Act, and publicly urged Congress to pass it as comprehensive immigration reform. The bill did not become law, so this would not satisfy a promise to enact reform, but it does satisfy the stated commitment to support significant immigration reform.
Sorensen promised to support significant immigration reform, not necessarily to single-handedly enact it. During the same term, he cosponsored H.R. 3599, the bipartisan DIGNITY Act, and publicly urged Congress on the House floor to pass comprehensive immigration reform. Although the bill did not become law, the promised action was support for significant reform, which the cosponsorship and floor advocacy satisfy.