Blackburn, Arrington Introduce Bill to Make States Pay for Federal Military Depl...
hold states refusing to enforce federal immigration law financially responsible when their actions force the federal government to deploy military resources to restore order As lawless states like California...states have been forced to foot the bill for the military forces required to quell the chaos and protect law abiding citizens said Senator Blackburn If a state refuses to do its job and forces the federal government...that states that break the law pay the price BACKGROUND Recently the U S Department of Defense was forced to spend over 130 million deploying troops to Los Angeles to respond to protests over immigration...