by Steven Richards at Just the News
The federal funding was terminated by the Trump administration, but the State of California provides extensive funding for immigration services.
The progressive activist group at the center of anti-ICE protests in California received a majority of its budget revenue in recent years from California and federal government grants, state financial documents show.
The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA) staged one of the first Los Angeles rallies last week protesting the ICE raids in the city, in part sparked by the arrest of the Service Employees International Union president who was accused of obstructing immigration warrants.
CHIRLA rallied alongside other member groups of the L.A. Rapid Response Network, according to a public post on it’s Instagram account. The organization was joined by the Service Employees International Union and the LA teacher’s union, among other immigrant groups.
“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!” CHIRLA said in the social media post.
After the initial demonstrations,…
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