House Judiciary Committee opens probe into CHIRLA's possible role in LA riots
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The House Judiciary Committee is currently looking into whether a political group associated with the Democratic Party, which received almost $1 million in grants during the Biden administration, may have used the money to instigate the recent anti-ICE protests in Los Angeles.

In an exclusive letter obtained by The Post directed to the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA), the committee outlines the grants given to the organization by the government between 2021 and 2023.

The letter expresses concerns that the funds allocated to CHIRLA could potentially be misused to support unlawful activities that hinder the enforcement of federal immigration laws. Despite the grants supposedly being intended for purposes like providing citizenship instruction and services for naturalization, as well as enhancing citizenship education programs.

The letter is signed by House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), as well as Reps. Tom McClintock (R-CA) and Andy Biggs (R-AZ), the chairmen of two subcommittees.

The committee is requesting CHIRLA turn over “all documents and communications” related to any federal funds the group received, as well as a detailed breakdown into how the funds were spent, including any supporting documentation.

It’s also asking for an accounting of any financial contributions the group received or gave to any other non-governmental organizations between Jan. 20, 2021 and the present day, as well as any and all documents and communications “referring or relating to protests against ICE, DHS, Customs and Border Protection, enforcement of immigration laws, or the Trump Administration’s immigration policies,” dating from Jan. 20, 2025 to now.

CHIRLA staged a rally as anti-ICE protests broke out in the city as federal authorities.

The protests turned violent earlier this month after immigration agents hit a Home Depot in the LA suburb of Paramount — devolving into looting and assault on cops and federal agents.

Rioters defaced public buildings and torched cars in the streets.

President Trump called in around 4,000 National Guard members and some 700 active-duty Marines to help quell the unrest.

A CHIRLA spokesman previously said the group “organized a press event on [June 5]” to protest the roundups and had “been sending legal observers to immigration courts and detention centers on [June 6, 7 and 8] as part of the LA Rapid Response Network,” but denied being part of the protests beyond that.

“We have not participated, coordinated, or been part of the protests being registered in Los Angeles other than the press conference and rally cited above,” the rep said.

According to financial records obtained by DataRepublican, CHIRLA received nearly $34 million in government grants, mostly from the state of California, in the fiscal year ending June 2023, a jump from the $12 million it received the previous year.

The radical group also received around $450,000 in grants for “citizenship education and training” between October 2021 and September 2024 from the DHS — the very agency the group was protesting earlier this month. 

However, under the Trump administration, the federal agency cut ties with the group and terminated any further funding in March, including clawing back nearly $101,000 that had yet to be paid out.

Officials estimated the cost of the riots to LA taxpayers will exceed $30 million.

The committee gave the group until July 8 to comply with its request.

An email sent to CHIRLA’s director of communications was not immediately returned.

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