Hundreds of millions of state and federal tax dollars are helping far-left nonprofit activist groups by providing logistical, legal, and material support to the often-violent nationwide protests against President Donald Trump’s order to deport all illegal aliens with criminal records.

Information compiled by Open the Books, the Illinois-based, tax-exempt government watchdog group with the biggest database ever constructed of government spending at all levels, shows five far-left activist outfits involved with the rioters received more than $73 million in grants from the state of California in 2023 and 2024. All five of the groups include multiple programs aiding and defending illegal immigrants against deportation efforts.

The five groups include:

• Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA) with $35.2 million from the state of California, plus $450,000 in a 2023 grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for a program on “citizenship instruction and naturalization services.”

CHIRLA is also among the founders of the Los Angeles Rapid Response Network (LARRN), which tracks ICE activities across the nation and seeks to provide advanced warning to illegal immigrants who may be on federal immigration officials’ deportation lists. The LARRN operates a national telephone hotline where “people can report immigration enforcement operations and request referrals for local, regional or national legal immigration and other support services,” according to the San Fernando Valley Sun.

• Immigrant Legal Resources Center (ILRC) is actively involved in efforts aimed at “dismantling the arrest to deportation pipeline,” as well as “to improve protections from deportation.” In addition, the ILRC works on “preserving and expanding access to legal services and opportunities for citizens and non-citizens to engage in the political process.”

California grants to ILRC in 2023 and 2024 totaled $29.8 million. Open the Books was not able to identify how much of those funds awarded by California officials represented transfers from federal programs through state officials to the NGO.

• The Immigration Institute of the Bay Area (IIBA) describes its main purpose as assisting “applications for naturalization, citizenship, family reunification, and DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) renewal.” But it also was a “co-founder of the San Francisco Public Defender’s Office’s Immigration Defense Fund, which provides services to those facing deportation,” according to Open the Books. State grants to the IIBA exceeded $7 million, which was supplemented with $300,000 awarded by the federal DHS.

• The Immigration Defenders Law Center (IMMDEF) focuses almost totally on helping illegal immigrants avoid deportation. Co-founder Susan Alva was also involved in the founding of CHIRLA. The group’s website describes its purpose as “to not only help individuals facing deportation, but also to work towards systemic change that reimagines a more just immigration system.” The IMMDEF’s grants from California in 2023 and 2024 totaled $631,600.

• Services, Immigrant Rights and Education Network (SIREN) is actively engaged in “policy advocacy, organizing protests, and encouraging ‘civic engagement’ among immigrant populations.”

Open the Books is not alone in examining funding sources for the many far-left groups involved in organizing and supporting the anti-deportation riots. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Crime and Counter-Terrorism, announced he is demanding information from multiple organizations, including one with offices in San Francisco and known as the Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL).

In a June 11 letter to “Whom It May Concern,” Hawley, referring to the anti-deportation violence, said “peaceful protest is a cornerstone of American democracy [but] these demonstrations have escalated into lawless mob actions. They have obstructed federal law enforcement, endangered public safety, and disrupted the rule of law. This lawlessness is unacceptable. It must end.”

He continued, “Credible reporting now suggests that your organization has provided logistical support and financial resources to individuals engaged in these disruptive actions. Let me be clear: bankrolling civil unrest is not protected speech. It is aiding and abetting criminal conduct. Accordingly, you must immediately cease and desist any further involvement in the organization, funding, or promotion of these unlawful activities.”

Hawley then demanded a lengthy list of documents, including “all internal communications, including emails, text messages, chat logs, and messaging applications, relating to protest planning, coordination, or funding,” as well as “all financial documents related to protests, demonstrations, or mobilization efforts in Los Angeles or elsewhere relating to immigration enforcement.”

Hawley also demanded to see “all third-party contracts or vendor agreements, including any arrangements with event organizers, transportation providers, security personnel, or communications consultants relating to immigration enforcement or the Los Angeles protests, or similar protests elsewhere.”

On the House side of Capitol Hill, the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability is digging into the activities of Neville Singham, an American billionaire who lives in Shanghai and is suspected of multiple activities in support of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Singham’s role with the PSL is a focus of the House probe, but the overall investigation is much wider.

A lengthy official June 13 letter to Singham requesting a host of documents was signed by panel Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.), as well as Rep. Anna Luna (R-Fla.), chairman of the panel’s Taskforce on the Declassification of Federal Secrets, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), chairman of the Subcommittee on Delivering Government Efficiency, and Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.), chairman of the Subcommittee on Healthcare and Financial Services.

“According to the New York Times, you reside in the People’s Republic of China and have a long track-record of assisting far-left groups, such as Code Pink, that oppose U.S. interests and support U.S. adversaries. You have created an elaborate dark money network which allows you to send funds to a series of non-profits, such as the ‘United Community Fund’ and ‘Justice Education Fund,’ that have almost no real footprints,” the oversight panel letter said.

“Non-profit filings show that nearly $1.8 million flowed from these non-profits to Chinese media company Maku Group. Maku’s website shows young people gathering in your office, facing a banner that reads, ‘Always Follow the Party,’ with an image of General Secretary Xi Jinping in the background. In 2019, you started a consulting business with Chinese partners ‘active in the propaganda apparatus’ of the CCP,” the letter continued.

“Moreover, it appears that you support BreakThrough Media, a platform known for promoting pro-CCP talking points and geopolitical interests. According to the New York Times, reporters ‘tracked hundreds of millions of dollars to groups linked to you that mix progressive advocacy with Chinese government talking points,’” the letter said.