If we want to curb illegal immigration, we need to address our legal immigration process to better serve our national interest and have a more robust work visa program.
Reform immigration and improve the legal immigration and work visa process to better curb illegal immigration.
Occurrences
Cosponsors - H.R.7343 - Detain and Deport Illegal Aliens Who Assault Cops Act
Evidence
If we want to curb illegal immigration, we need to address our legal immigration process to better serve our national interest and have a more robust work visa program.
Official Title as Introduced: To amend section 301 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to clarify those classes of individuals born in the United States who are nationals and citizens of the United States at birth. Actions Overview: 12/06/2023 Introduced in House; 12/06/2023 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
This bill permanently bars a non-U.S. national from receiving certain immigration-related relief after failing to appear at a removal proceeding, unless exceptional circumstances apply.
Cosponsors include Rep. Spartz, Victoria [R-IN-5] on 03/05/2024. Latest Action: Senate - 05/16/2024 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Under “Immigration and Border Security,” Spartz says the legal immigration process “takes too long and is too expensive and bureaucratic” and that curbing illegal immigration requires addressing legal immigration and having “a more robust work visa program.”
Congress.gov describes H.R.1603 as amending the Immigration and Nationality Act for “nonimmigrant workers performing agricultural labor,” and its summary says it changed the H-2A temporary worker program, created electronic H-2A processing, and created H-2A portability. Latest action: received in the Senate and referred to Judiciary on 03/22/2021; status Passed House.
Roll Call 93 on H.R.1603, Farm Workforce Modernization Act: Status Passed, yea 247, nay 174. The Clerk’s vote list records “Spartz Republican Indiana IN Nay.”
Congress.gov says H.R.2 passed the House 219-213, had status Passed House, and later was placed on the Senate Legislative Calendar. The summary says the bill made immigration-law changes, imposed asylum limits, required employment eligibility verification, and included H-2A-related provisions.
Roll Call Vote 209: H.R.2 passed by 219-213. The vote list records “Spartz, Victoria [R-IN] Republican Indiana Yea.”
H.R.3591 would permanently bar certain non-U.S. nationals ordered removed after failing to appear at removal proceedings from specified immigration relief. Congress.gov lists Rep. Spartz as a cosponsor on 03/29/2024; latest action was ordered reported by the House Judiciary Committee on 04/17/2024; status Introduced.
H.R.7343 would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for detention of certain aliens who assault law enforcement officers. Congress.gov lists Rep. Spartz as a cosponsor on 03/05/2024; latest action was Senate referral to Judiciary on 05/16/2024; status Passed House.
H.R.6612 would amend Immigration and Nationality Act section 301 to clarify which U.S.-born individuals are citizens at birth. Congress.gov lists Rep. Spartz as a cosponsor on 12/11/2024; latest action was referral to House Judiciary on 12/06/2023; status Introduced.
Assessments
The promised outcome was not delivered: there is no evidence that Spartz enacted or materially caused a reform improving legal immigration or work visa processing. She supported several immigration-enforcement measures and voted for H.R.2, which had some immigration and H-2A-related provisions, but it did not become law. She also voted against H.R.1603, a directly relevant House-passed work visa/agricultural workforce reform bill. Her activity shows legislative effort on immigration, but not successful delivery of the promised legal immigration/work visa reform.
Spartz made concrete legislative efforts on immigration during her House service, including cosponsoring multiple immigration-related bills in the 118th Congress. But the cited measures were largely enforcement-focused, did not clearly deliver the promised reform of legal immigration or the work visa process, and none of them became law. Under a federal campaign-promise standard, this shows serious effort without successful delivery of the promised outcome.
The cited campaign promise was to reform immigration by improving the legal immigration and work visa process as a way to curb illegal immigration. The evidence shows Spartz supported several immigration-related enforcement bills in the 118th Congress, but none became law, and the cited measures do not show delivery of the promised legal immigration or work visa process reforms. Because she took concrete legislative action on immigration but did not deliver the promised outcome, this is a failed promise with an effort badge.