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→Immigration: RAISE Act
Flake stated that the GOP should follow the Republican National Committee's autopsy report that was adopted after Mitt Romney's 2012 election defeat saying that the party should revisit the bipartisan comprehensive immigration bill that died during the Obama administration, even after [[Donald Trump]] was elected after taking the opposite route.<ref>Lee, Tony (August 7, 2017). [http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/08/07/jeff-flake-republicans-should-embrace-pro-amnesty-autopsy-report/ Jeff Flake: GOP Should Embrace Pro-Amnesty ‘Autopsy’ Report]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 8, 2017.</ref>
Flake stated that the GOP should follow the Republican National Committee's autopsy report that was adopted after Mitt Romney's 2012 election defeat saying that the party should revisit the bipartisan comprehensive immigration bill that died during the Obama administration, even after [[Donald Trump]] was elected after taking the opposite route.<ref>Lee, Tony (August 7, 2017). [http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/08/07/jeff-flake-republicans-should-embrace-pro-amnesty-autopsy-report/ Jeff Flake: GOP Should Embrace Pro-Amnesty ‘Autopsy’ Report]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved August 8, 2017.</ref>
On August 2, 2017, Flake announced his opposition to the RAISE Act, noting " We need to make sure we are responsive to the needs of our economy and I’m concerned that drastic cuts to the number of immigrants fails to meet that goal."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flake.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases?ID=AD6F221C-2C44-4CE4-A33B-D8DD53297B9E|title=Flake Statement on RAISE Act|date=Aug 2, 2017|accessdate=August 8, 2018}}</ref>
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