The House Judiciary Committee is investigating whether an activist organization with ties to the Democratic Party that received nearly $1 million in grants under the Biden administration used the funds to foment the anti-ICE riots that ripped through Los Angeles earlier this month.
In a letter obtained exclusively by The Post addressed to the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA), the committee details the taxpayer-funded grants doled out to the group by the federal government between 2021 and 2023.
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A person vandalizing a car during a protest in downtown Los Angeles.
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 of 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,” from Jan. 20, 2025, to now.
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The protests turned violent earlier this month after immigration agents hit a Home Depot in the LA suburb of Paramount — descending into looting and assault on cops and federal agents.
Rioters defaced public buildings and torched cars in the streets.
Trump called in around 4,000 National Guard members and some 700 active-duty Marines to help quell the unrest.
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“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.
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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.
* Original Article:
https://nypost.com/2025/06/24/us-news/house-judiciary-committee-opens-probe-into-chirlas-possible-role-in-la-riots/