The Department of Homeland Security is funding one of the groups that is staging protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which falls under DHS. War Room's Natalie Winters shared the shocking information on X, showing that DHS, under the Biden administration, gave a project grant to Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA) in the amount of $450,000.
CHIRLA has been engaging in and staging protests opposing ICE. Protesters with CHIRLA carry signs saying "Stop deportations: full rights for immigrants," "ICE: out of our communities," "Education not Deportation," "Stop the starvation, stop the deportations," and "The Trump Fascist Regime Must Go Now."
🚨 Anti-ICE rioters in Los Angeles are being organized by the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA).
— Natalie Winters (@nataliegwinters) June 8, 2025
CHIRLA is funded by ActBlue. pic.twitter.com/2ztHNVwbRJ
CHIRLA representatives spoke to the crowd. "Our community is under attack and has been terrorized," said CHIRLA executive director Angelica Salas. "These are workers, these are fathers, these are mothers." Of the initial award, $100,000 remains to be disbursed to the group.
On Friday, Salas spoke at a press conference of the CHIRLA-run LA Rapid Response Network "following the series of ICE raids conducted" that morning. On Facebook, publicizing the remarks, CHIRLA wrote "To our immigrant community: we see you, we hear you, and we will NOT stop fighting for you. We say NO deportations. NO to mass detentions. Families belong together! We belong here!"It was under Mayorkas' tenure at DHS that CHIRLA gained the $450,000 grant. CHIRLA is continuing to stage protests against the enforcement arm of the agency that provided them with this funding.
They are staging a protest for David Huerta, who was arrested on Friday during a riot.
