Jeff Flake
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Jeff Flake is a former U.S. Senator from Arizona, serving from 2013 to 2019 as a member of the Republican Party. He is known for his advocacy of free trade, fiscal conservatism, and a more restrained foreign policy. Flake has been a vocal critic of partisan politics and has often emphasized the importance of civility in political discourse. During his tenure, he focused on issues such as immigration reform and government accountability.
One thing that has been disappointing I think to all of us is that regional organizations, in particular SADC and the African Union, have not spoken out more forcefully and more on the side of democracy.
I think we have the right people to do that and look forward to hearing your testimony today.
I thank you all, and I appreciate you coming by my office and I enjoyed the private conversation.
Good. It is hoped that in the Gulf of Guinea we can, I think we have, move to intercept the issue before it gets as bad as it did off the coast of Somalia certainly.
I do believe that once you allow that person to stay in the United States after they have come here in violation of law, I would believe that most Americans would think that that would be an amnesty.
I have never been able to place all those who come here across the border undocumented in some criminal class.
There is nothing to suggest that 5 years from now, if we just realize that it is completely out of whack with labor needs, that we cannot revisit it and up the numbers.
I just want to thank all of you and Senator Feinstein for working so hard to get an agreement here.
It was a revelation to go down on the border. We actually watched an illegal border crossing while we were there.
I think the woman who crossed heard Senator Schumer's accent through the fence and thought I am in New York, where is the Statue of Liberty? I am here.





