Overview

• On June 28, President Trump endorsed Rep. Kevin Kiley’s legislation on Truth Social and called for an immediate end to federal payments for groups he calls “radicalized.”
• The bill would revoke tax-exempt status and bar federal funding for nonprofits whose leaders are convicted of assaulting officers or organizing riots.
• Although still pending committee review, the administration has already begun blocking grants to organizations it accuses of inciting the June Los Angeles unrest.
• Sen. Josh Hawley opened an inquiry into CHIRLA’s receipt of more than $34 million in government grants and a former DHS citizenship education contract that was terminated.
• CHIRLA’s executive director, Angélica Salas, rejected all allegations of wrongdoing and reiterated the group’s commitment to lawful, nonviolent immigrant advocacy.