Senator Wants to Ensure Americans Stop Subsidizing Drug Smugglers, Human Traffickers

Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) has proposed what she calls the “Stop Taxpayer Funding of Traffickers Act” because it’s time that American taxpayers stopped financing drug smugglers and human traffickers.
“This legislation will put an end to our tax dollars subsidizing traffickers,” Blackburn said at a news conference on Feb. 15.
Blackburn said she, Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), and Sen. Katie Britt (R-Ala.) recently toured the U.S.–Mexico border and were appalled at what they found. Blackburn described watching a family, including young children and a grandmother, crossing the frigid Rio Grande. She asked why they would take such a risk with their children….}