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New York Post
3 hours ago
- Politics
- New York Post
How Democrats defend the WORST migrants and blame Trump for riots ordered up by the left
Democrats don't seem to care about the criminal rap sheets of the illegal migrants ICE has been rounding up in Los Angeles. Apparently, convicted sex abusers, drug dealers and gang members all still somehow have a sacrosanct right to stay in the United States. And ICE efforts to take them into custody, per Mayor Karen Bass on Friday, 'sow terror in our communities and disrupt basic principles of safety in our city.' (Funny: Andrew Cuomo's statement the same day here in NYC also complained that ICE's 'sow terror in neighborhoods' and 'erode the sense of safety for all residents.' Maybe they've hired the same consultants?) Thing is, criminals sow terror every day, and ICE's LA targets had done hard time for crimes like cocaine trafficking, willful cruelty to a child and sexual battery. Many of the detainees also had gang affiliations and/or convictions for assault. And, again, none were in this country legally; they're the kind of menaces Americans most have in mind when they tell pollsters they support Team Trump's deportation efforts. Yet Bass says enforcing the law is too dangerous: 'If you dial back time and go to Friday, if immigration raids had not happened here, we would not have the disorder that went on,' she blathered Monday on CNN. 'People in the city have a rapid-response network,' she explained. 'If they see ICE, they go out and they protest' — though most people wouldn't use 'protest' to describe lighting cars on fire, shooting commercial fireworks at cops or throwing Molotov cocktails at federal agents. As for that 'rapid-response network': Much of it consists of 'activist' groups like the Party for Socialism and Liberation, which has also been organizing anti-Israel violence of late and has received major funding from socialist billionaire Neville Singham, who has well-documented ties to the Chinese Communist Party. It's not so strange that the rioters have been waving Mexican and Palestinian flags, after all. Then again, another major protest-pusher is funded by US governments: CHIRLA, the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights/Los Angeles, has gotten tens of millions from the state of California, as well as smaller grants from the Biden Department of Homeland Security. Indeed, a Friday presser by CHIRLA honcho Angelica Salas calling for broad demonstrations against ICE may have been the main signal for the weekend riots to begin. But California Democrats would much rather pretend it's all Trump's fault for sending in the National Guard: Gov. Gavin Newsom tweeted, 'The federal government is sowing chaos so they can have an excuse to escalate.' Ex-Veep Kamala Harris agreed, calling the president's actions a 'dangerous escalation meant to provoke chaos.' Again with the shared scripts. Americans have every right to expect their safety to be the top for their elected officials, but that's not how California politicians (nor all too many in New York) see their jobs. Forget about coordinating with the feds to protect the innocent: Far more important to answer to the far-left professional 'activists' and coordinate your anti-Trump talking points while you protect violent criminals from the awful injustice of being sent back to their home countries.
Daily Mail
10 hours ago
- Politics
- Daily Mail
Report: DHS pulls taxpayer dollars from group linked to LA riots
The U.S Department of Homeland Security has reportedly terminated the flow of taxpayer dollars to one of the groups at the center of the fiery riots that took place in Los Angeles over the weekend. The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA) is behind the wild anti-ICE riots that led to President Trump sending in the National Guard over the weekend. The group was slated to receive $450,000 from the from the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services subagency between October of 2023 and September of 2025. The funds were earmarked for 'citizenship instruction and naturalization services.' In March, DHS sent a letter terminating the remainder of the groups contract which had not yet been paid out, to the tune of $100,936. DHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs shared the contract termination letter in a post on X Sunday afternoon. The group had already been awarded two separate grants of $250,000 under the Biden administration in 2021 and 2022. Angelica Salas, the group's executive director, who spoke at one of the ICE protests over the weekend, has seen her compensation nearly double in recent years. At the end of the 2022 fiscal year, Salas earned $125,500. In the 2023 fiscal year, which is the most recently available data, Salas earned $201,654. Yet, the federal funds are far from the only taxpayer dollars funneled to the immigrant rights group. Out of the $44 million noted as received by CHIRLA in the group's 2023 IRS Form 990 , over $33 million total was received from government grants. Over the weekend, President Donald Trump took control of 2,000 California National Guard troops and deployed them to Los Angeles to quell the civil unrest. Barragan also said that the president was 'causing tensions to rise.' 'It's only going to make things worse in a situation where people are already angry over immigration enforcement,' Barragan added. 'We are having an administration that's targeting peaceful protests, people that are there to protest. The president is sending in the National Guard because he doesn't like the scenes. He doesn't like the scenes of people peacefully protesting,' Barragan stated. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem didn't directly answer a question from CBS host Margaret Brennan on Sunday when asked whether or not she would support the calling up of active duty service members to deal with the rioters in Los Angeles. Noem told Brennan that the National Guard troops sent to LA were 'there at the direction of the president in order to keep peace and allow people to be able to protest, but also to keep law and order. That is incredibly important to the president,' Noem added.
Daily Mail
11 hours ago
- Politics
- Daily Mail
The eye-popping amount of taxpayer dollars flowing to group behind LA ICE riots before Kristi Noem stepped in
The U.S Department of Homeland Security has reportedly terminated the flow of taxpayer dollars to one of the groups at the center of the fiery riots that took place in Los Angeles over the weekend. The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA) is behind the wild anti-ICE riots that led to President Trump sending in the National Guard over the weekend. The group was slated to receive $450,000 from the from the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services subagency between October of 2023 and September of 2025. The funds were earmarked for 'citizenship instruction and naturalization services.' In March, DHS sent a letter terminating the remainder of the groups contract which had not yet been paid out, to the tune of $100,936. DHS Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs shared the contract termination letter in a post on X Sunday afternoon. The group had already been awarded two separate grants of $250,000 under the Biden administration in 2021 and 2022. Angelica Salas, the group's executive director, who spoke at one of the ICE protests over the weekend, has seen her compensation nearly double in recent years. At the end of the 2022 fiscal year, Salas earned $125,500. In the 2023 fiscal year, which is the most recently available data, Salas earned $201,654. Yet, the federal funds are far from the only taxpayer dollars funneled to the immigrant rights group. A man holds signs as a Waymo vehicles burn, as protesters clash with law enforcement in the streets surrounding the federal building during a protest following federal immigration operations in Los Angeles, California, on June 8, 2025 Out of the $44 million noted as received by CHIRLA in the group's 2023 IRS Form 990, over $33 million total was received from government grants. Over the weekend, President Donald Trump took control of 2,000 California National Guard troops and deployed them to Los Angeles to quell the civil unrest. Under @POTUS Trump and @Sec_Noem we terminated this in March. — Tricia McLaughlin (@TriciaOhio) June 8, 2025 Representative Nanette Barragan (D-Calif.) who represents Paramount, the LA County community where the riots have taken place, said during a CNN appearance Sunday that the National Guard troop deployment was not needed, and that the sheriffs on the ground 'have the manpower that they need.' Barragan also said that the president was 'causing tensions to rise.' 'It's only going to make things worse in a situation where people are already angry over immigration enforcement,' Barragan added. 'We are having an administration that's targeting peaceful protests, people that are there to protest. The president is sending in the National Guard because he doesn't like the scenes. He doesn't like the scenes of people peacefully protesting,' Barragan stated. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem didn't directly answer a question from CBS host Margaret Brennan on Sunday when asked wether or not she would support the calling up of active duty service members to deal with the rioters in Los Angeles. Noem told Brennan that the National Guard troops sent to LA were 'there at the direction of the president in order to keep peace and allow people to be able to protest, but also to keep law and order. That is incredibly important to the president,' Noem added. Brennan then questioned the secretary on wether or not she would counsel the president to deploy active duty troops to Los Angeles. Noem replied that 'the advice and counsel of the attorney general, the Department of Defense are extremely important to the president of the United States, and we never discuss our personal conversations and advice to the president of the United States.' 'He makes the decisions. He is the president that sits in that seat, and we are all very proud to work for him,' Noem concluded.
New York Post
a day ago
- Politics
- New York Post
Some LA migrant protests fueled by taxpayer-funded group with Dem ties — another with CCP link
One of the groups leading anti-immigration protests in Los Angeles is a taxpayer-funded activist organization with ties to the Democratic Party, while another has links to the Chinese Communist Party. The Coalition for Human Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA) — which received tens of millions of dollars in government grants during the Biden administration — staged a rally last week to denounce Immigration and Customs Enforcement arresting illegal migrants across the city, including those convicted of heinous crimes. 7 CHIRLA staged a rally last week to denounce Immigration and Customs Enforcement arresting illegal migrants across the city. REUTERS Advertisement Protests against ICE escalated since then, with more than 1,000 rioters taking to the streets, assaulting immigration officers, slashing tires and defacing public buildings, the Department of Homeland Security said, prompting President Trump to call in around 2,000 National Guard troops Sunday to quell the violence. 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. 7 Protests against ICE escalated since then, with more than 1,000 rioters taking to the streets. REUTERS Advertisement 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 last week. The federal agency cut ties with the group and terminated any further funding in March, including clawing back nearly $101,000 in funding that had yet to be paid out. A CHIRLA spokesman denied that the group had anything to do with the violence in a statement to The Post on Sunday. 7 CHIRLA received nearly $34 million in government grants, mostly from the state of California, in the fiscal year ending June 2023. He said CHIRLA 'organized a press event on Thursday' to protest the round-ups and had 'been sending legal observers to immigration courts and detention centers on Friday, Saturday and today as part of the LA Rapid Response Network. '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. Advertisement Rioting broke out in LA on Friday as federal authorities resumed the Trump administration's crackdown on illegal immigration, conducting numerous raids in recent weeks and netting 'around 150' arrests, according to Trump's hard-nosed border czar Tom Homan. 7 The radical group also received around $450,000 in grants for 'citizenship education and training' between October 2021 and September 2024 from the DHS. REUTERS Another group that was behind some of last week's protests is the Marxist Party for Socialism and Liberation, which played a part in virulent past anti-Israel campus protests at Columbia University and which was once associated with suspected DC terrorist Elias Rodriguez. PSL has ties to the Chinese Communist Party through funding from socialist billionaire Neville Singham and his wife, Jodie Evans, founder of activist group Code Pink, according to a 2024 report by the Network Contagion Research Institute. Singham sunk millions of dollars into backing the groups after selling his software company, ThoughtWorks, for $785 million in 2017. Advertisement 7 Rioting broke out in LA on Friday as federal authorities resumed the Trump administration's crackdown on illegal immigration. AP Singham's ties to the Chinese government and Communist propaganda are well-documented. The New York Times published a lengthy 2023 expose on his far-reaching money machine, which has steered millions to China-praising nonprofits from South Africa, Ghana and Zambia to Brazil, New Delhi and beyond. The PSL did not immediately respond to a Post request for comment Sunday. Rioters gathered Friday after the recent protests to attempt to stop ICE agents from carrying out the immigration sweeps, leading to officers deploying tear gas and other less-lethal methods of crowd dispersal. 7 Another group that was behind some of last week's protests is the Marxist Party for Socialism and Liberation. REUTERS More than a dozen arrests were made Saturday, said Bill Essayli, the United States Attorney for the Central District of California, on X. Images and videos showed hundreds of protesters clashing with riot gear-clad federal agents who were attempting to apprehend illegal immigrants near a Home Depot in Paramount, Calif. California Gov. Gavin Newsom and embattled Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass decried the raids, the latter claiming the federal agents used tactics that 'sow terror in our communities and disrupt basic principles of safety in our city.' Advertisement 7 Rioters gathered Friday after the recent protests to attempt to stop ICE agents from carrying out the immigration sweeps. Jay Calderon/The Desert Sun / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images In a statement on X on Saturday, Newsom wrote, 'Federal government is moving to take over the California National Guard and deploy 2,000 soldiers. That move is purposefully inflammatory and will only escalate tensions. LA authorities are able to access law enforcement assistance at a moment's notice.' In a fiery response to Newsom and Bass on Truth Social Saturday, President Trump said, 'If Governor Gavin Newscum, of California, and Mayor Karen Bass, of Los Angeles, can't do their jobs, which everyone knows they can't, then the Federal Government will step in and solve the problem, RIOTS & LOOTERS, the way it should be solved!!!.'
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
California leaders condemn Ice raids in LA: ‘We will not stand for this'
The Department of Homeland Security conducted raids on multiple locations across Los Angeles on Friday, clashing with the crowds of people who gathered to protest and prompting widespread criticism from California leaders. Masked agents were recorded pulling several people out of two LA-area Home Depot stores and the clothing manufacturer Ambient Apparel's headquarters in LA's Fashion District. Immigration advocates said the raids also included four other locations, including a doughnut shop. There has not yet been confirmation of how many people were taken into custody during the coordinated sweeps. At an afternoon press conference, Angelica Salas, executive director for the Coalition of Humane Immigrant Rights, said at least 45 people were arrested without warrants. 'Our community is under attack and is being terrorized. These are workers, these are fathers, these are mothers, and this has to stop. Immigration enforcement that is terrorizing our families throughout this country and picking up our people that we love must stop now,' Salas told the crowd. The protest only grew as the afternoon wore on. By 6pm local time, hundreds of people assembled around the federal building in downtown Los Angeles, where those taken into custody during the raids are being held. Earlier in the day, armed agents clad in heavy protective and tactical gear, including some who wore gas masks, could be seen on video and through aerial footage pushing individuals and trying to corral large groups that congregated to challenge the raids. Smoke grenades were reportedly thrown near the crowds and pepper spray was used as the federal officers attempted to clear the area. As the demonstrations continued into the evening, videos showed officers firing less-lethal weapons toward protestors. Some people in the crowd attempted to block large armored trucks carrying FBI agents as they departed. One person reportedly threw eggs at the vehicles. The Los Angeles fire department was called to the scene to administer aid to protesters injured by agents and officers, which included the president of the California branch of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), David Huerta. The organization said in statement he was detained and called for his immediate release. Huerta, who was injured and detained, released a statement to the Los Angeles Times from the hospital, saying: 'What happened to me is not about me. This is about something much bigger.' 'This is about how we as a community stand together and resist the injustice that's happening. Hard-working people, and members of our family and our community, are being treated like criminals. We all collectively have to object to this madness because this is not justice,' he added. 'We call for an end to the cruel, destructive, and indiscriminate Ice raids that are tearing apart our communities, disrupting our economy, and hurting all working people,' Tia Orr, executive director of SEIU California said. 'Immigrant workers are essential to our society: feeding our nation, caring for our elders, cleaning our workplaces, and building our homes.' The Los Angeles police department also assisted the federal officers in dispersing demonstrators, despite the department's insistence that it is not involved in 'civil immigration enforcement', and would only have a presence to ensure public safety. Advocates used megaphones from the streets outside where the raids were occurring to remind workers inside of their rights, the Los Angeles Times reported. Some called out individual names and demanded they be given access to lawyers. 'The community is here with you,' one person shouted. 'Your family is here with you.' Los Angeles leaders were quick to condemn the actions, which were part of a string of high-profile raids undertaken by Immigration and Customs Enforcement under orders from Donald Trump. In a statement on Friday, California governor Gavin Newsom said: 'Continued chaotic federal sweeps, across California, to meet an arbitrary arrest quota are as reckless as they are cruel. Donald Trump's chaos is eroding trust, tearing families apart, and undermining the workers and industries that power America's economy.' Newsom also condemned Huerta's arrest, saying: 'David Huerta is a respected leader, a patriot, and an advocate for working people. No one should ever be harmed for witnessing government action.' 'I am closely monitoring the Ice raids that are currently happening across Los Angeles, including at a Korean-American owned store in my district,' Congresswoman Sydney Kamlager-Dove said in a post on X, along with instructions on how affected constituents could reach her office for help. 'LA has long been a safe haven for immigrants,' she added. 'Trump claims he's targeting criminals, but he's really just tearing families apart and destabilizing entire communities.' Mayor Karen Bass said in a statement that she was 'deeply angered by what has taken place', and that her office was coordinating with immigrant rights community organizations. 'These tactics sow terror in our communities and disrupt basic principles of safety in our city,' she said. 'We will not stand for this.' In response, Trump's deputy chief of staff, Stephen Miller, who has functioned as one of the chief architects of the administration's draconian immigration crackdowns, wrote: 'You have no say in this at all. Federal law is supreme and federal law will be enforced.' Los Angeles councilmember Eunisses Hernandez said in a statement: 'These actions are escalating: agents arrive without warning and leave quickly, aware that our communities mobilize fast. I urge Angelenos to stay alert.' Meanwhile, the California senator Alex Padilla said: 'The Ice raids across Los Angeles today are a continuation of a disturbing pattern of extreme and cruel immigration enforcement operations across the country. These indiscriminate raids prove once again that the Trump administration cares about nothing but instilling harm and fear in our communities to drive immigrants into the shadows. It will not work.' He added: 'This fearmongering is not going to change the fact that immigrants are valued members of our communities who contribute to our society and economy, and my office will demand accountability for today's actions.' Similarly, the Los Angeles county supervisor Lindsey Horvath called the Ice raids 'acts of cruelty and bigotry, targeting our immigrant neighbors and tearing families apart'. Horvath added: 'These actions are designed to instill fear in communities of color – but we will not be intimidated, and we will not be silent. I'm in direct communication with county, state, & community leaders to ensure that all available protections from LA County are activated immediately. We must remain vigilant. We must protect one another. And above all, we will stand together.' Maya Yang contributed to this report
