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On the recordJuly 16, 2014
As long as we are placing these children and they have achieved their desired goal, to be reunited with family members or to stay for a long time, the incentives will not change.
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Jeff Flake
Republican · Arizona

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Flake expresses concern that current policies incentivize child migration.

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