Particle.news
Download on the App Store
3 ARTICLES
·
last mo.

House Judiciary Committee Probes CHIRLA’s Federal Funding Ties to Los Angeles Anti-ICE Riots

Lawmakers have given the group until July 8 to turn over records in a bid to determine if taxpayer grants underwrote violent demonstrations against ICE

Image
Image
Image

Overview

  • The committee opened its inquiry on June 24 to assess whether CHIRLA diverted federal funds intended for citizenship education toward organizing or supporting the June 8 unrest in Los Angeles
  • CHIRLA received nearly $1 million in Biden administration grants from 2021 to 2023 and almost $34 million in state funding in the fiscal year ending June 2023
  • A June 24 letter demands all communications and financial documents related to federal grants and protests involving ICE, DHS and Customs and Border Protection
  • CHIRLA maintains it only held a press conference and deployed legal observers to immigration courts and has not coordinated or participated in the street demonstrations
  • More than 1,000 protesters clashed with law enforcement on June 8, causing over $30 million in damage as other activist groups supplied helmets and respirators