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→Legal immigration: This guy's liberal views should not be promoted here, but I'll keep it for the moment to avoid an edit war.
===Legal immigration===
===Legal immigration===
On August 2, 2017, Flake announced his opposition to the RAISE Act, which intends to reduce legal immigration levels and reform the U.S.'s immigration system to a merit-based system.<ref>Persons, Sally (August 3, 2017). [http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/aug/3/jeff-flake-senates-immigration-proposal-would-be-b/ Jeff Flake: Senate’s immigration proposal would be bad for the economy]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved August 8, 2017.</ref> Flake noted, "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>
On August 2, 2017, Flake announced his opposition to the RAISE Act, which intends to reduce legal immigration levels and reform the U.S.'s immigration system to a merit-based system.<ref>Persons, Sally (August 3, 2017). [http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/aug/3/jeff-flake-senates-immigration-proposal-would-be-b/ Jeff Flake: Senate’s immigration proposal would be bad for the economy]. ''The Washington Times''. Retrieved August 8, 2017.</ref> As his reasoning, Flake's Senate office stated that "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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== References ==