{"id":2371960,"date":"2024-11-22T06:06:02","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T11:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meet-the-charities-spending-millions-to-block-deportations-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-22T06:12:41","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T11:12:41","slug":"meet-the-charities-spending-millions-to-block-deportations-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meet-the-charities-spending-millions-to-block-deportations-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the charities spending millions to block deportations &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmeet-the-charities-spending-millions-to-block-deportations-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2371960&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses the significant financial investments \u2064made by various\u200b charities \u200cto prevent the deportation of illegal immigrants since President\u200b Joe Biden took office in 2021, totaling \u200cover $100 million. \u2064These <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-house-republicans-call-for-answers-from-texas-elections-administrator-over-private-funding-for-elections\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: House Republicans Call For Answers From Texas Elections Administrator Over Private Funding For Elections\">tax-exempt organizations<\/a>, which include donor-advised funds and philanthropies backed by notable figures like George Soros,\u2063 primarily focus on\u2062 providing\u200c legal resources and\u200b advocacy aimed at assisting\u200c immigrants in navigating the U.S. legal system to avoid deportation.\u2064 <\/p>\n<p>The increase in spending on legal services coincides with\u200d a surge in \u200billegal immigration, with over 5 million encounters reported \u200bby Border Patrol between 2021 and 2023,\u200c leading to a record backlog of 3 million cases in immigration courts. Experts argue that while some immigrants may have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/schumer-blasts-biden-for-haitian-deportations\/\" title=\"Schumer Blasts Biden for Haitian Deportations\">valid asylum claims<\/a>, the\u2062 influx\u200b of legal support for all illegal immigrants could overwhelm the system.<\/p>\n<p>Notable spending \u200chighlights include La Raza Community Resource Center, \u200bwhich allocated $14.1 million for legal services, and the Immigrant \u2062Justice Corps, with $20.2\u200c million\u2064 spent on fellowships to aid in legal representation. Studies suggest that having legal representation significantly increases an immigrant&#8217;s chances of winning their cases.<\/p>\n<p>The motivations behind these organizations&#8217; efforts \u200crange from ideological beliefs \u200cto economic interests,\u200d as they often receive funding aimed\u200c at harnessing cheap labor. Some funders, such as the Soros family, have funded initiatives to reform the legal system to \u2063better accommodate immigrants, reflecting a broader strategy to influence \u200bimmigration policy.<\/p>\n<p>the article illustrates the complex interplay of charity, legal strategy, and immigration policy\u200d amidst a growing \u2064crisis in U.S. immigration courts.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Meet the charities spending millions to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-romney-cotton-minimum-wage-plan-is-anti-conservative-and-embraces-the-logic-of-the-left\/\" title=\"The Romney\/Cotton Minimum Wage Plan Is Anti-Conservative And Embraces The Logic Of The Left\">stop illegal immigrants<\/a> from being deported<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1791940\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Tax-exempt organizations have spent more than $100 million since President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Joe Biden<\/a> took office in 2021 working to prevent the federal government from deporting illegal immigrants, <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/spreadsheets\/d\/1vV_l8zyB7NfFoNGTXpGM0fH0aYzFGky0FQJk9j_CEv4\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">according<\/a> to a <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>review of tax filings.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The organizations, which include donor-advised funds shifting around millions of dollars in untraceable funds, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/george-soros\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Soros\">Soros<\/a>-backed philanthropies, and large legal groups, collectively spent at least $101.9 million on programs intended to aid illegal immigrants in avoiding deportation. While some of the programs paid for by these nonprofit organizations involved advocacy efforts, the vast majority were oriented toward providing immigrants with legal resources to thwart deportation.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They realize if they paralyze the legal system, they win,&rdquo; Federation for American Immigration Reform Media Director Ira Mehlman told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>. &ldquo;The longer you are delayed, the longer you stay here before you see your day in court, the less likely it is that you can be removed.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Clearly, tying up the courts is a tactic in winning this ideological battle,&rdquo; he continued.<\/p>\n<p>While these charities shoveled tens of millions of dollars into the legal system on behalf of immigrants facing deportation, the number of new migrants illegally entering the country spiked. Border Patrol had over 5 million encounters with individuals attempting to enter the country between fiscal 2021 and 2023, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/newsroom\/stats\/cbp-enforcement-statistics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">according<\/a> to government statistics. As the number of people in the country illegally increases rapidly, immigration authorities have had difficulty processing them, particularly those arriving and claiming asylum, in part due to the massive strain placed on the legal system.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The backlog of cases in U.S. immigration courts <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2023\/12\/19\/immigration-courts-backlog-migrant-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">reached<\/a> a record 3 million in November 2023, working out to an average of 4,500 pending cases per judge.<\/p>\n<p>While some migrants do have a legitimate claim to asylum, &ldquo;if you throw lawyers and money at every single economically-motivated illegal immigrant, then the system basically just grinds to a halt,&rdquo; Simon Hankinson, a senior research fellow in Heritage Foundation&rsquo;s Border Security and Immigration Center, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>La Raza Community Resource Center, an immigration nonprofit organization based out of San Francisco, was one of the biggest spenders among the groups resisting deportation efforts, disbursing $14.1 million between <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/nonprofits\/organizations\/942238257\/202113339349301161\/full\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">2021 and 2023<\/a> for a program providing legal services to asylum-seekers and migrants facing deportation. Immigrant Justice Corps, meanwhile, is a New York-based charity that spent $20.2 million <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/nonprofits\/organizations\/464879076\/202223129349302382\/full\">over<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/nonprofits\/organizations\/464879076\/202333559349300238\/full\">the<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/nonprofits\/organizations\/464879076\/202333559349300238\/full\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">same period<\/a> on a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">fellowship program placing recent college graduates<\/a> at nonprofit organizations across the country to provide illegal migrants with legal services.<\/p>\n<p>Research suggests that the efforts of nonprofit organizations to provide illegal immigrants with legal services may be effective in preventing deportation. A 2014 study conducted by Stanford Law School <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20221214131536\/https:\/\/news.stanford.edu\/pr\/2014\/pr-immigrants-attorney-report-110614.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">found<\/a> that migrants with lawyers were three times more likely to win their deportation cases than those without legal representation, for example. Only 30% of individuals in immigration courts are represented by attorneys, <a href=\"https:\/\/trac.syr.edu\/reports\/736\/#:~:text=As%20a%20result%2C%20the%20proportion,dropped%20to%20just%2030%20percent.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">according<\/a> to a Syracuse University report.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Legal Services Of New Jersey, a nonprofit organization that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lsnj.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">provides<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-u-s-college-groups-have-assisted-a-designated-terrorist-org\/\" title=\"Report: U.S. College Groups Have Assisted A Designated Terrorist Org\">free legal representation<\/a> in civil rights litigation to low-income residents of the state, was also a major force in antideportation efforts between <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/nonprofits\/organizations\/222059939\/202242879349301684\/IRS990ScheduleI\">2021 and 2022<\/a>. The organization distributed $12.5 million worth of grants over that period to help other organizations provide &ldquo;legal assistance for individuals facing detention or deportation.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Pangea Legal Services, located in San Francisco, spent over $5 million on providing representation to asylum-seekers and people who entered the country illegally between <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/nonprofits\/organizations\/364748424\/202222849349301437\/full\">2021 and 2023<\/a>. In those years, the nonprofit organization served nearly 1,500 clients through its program, according to its tax forms.<\/p>\n<p>Hankinson told the <em>Washington Examiner <\/em>that the Biden administration wants to keep illegal immigrants in the country &ldquo;for three reasons: globalist ideology, political leverage to force another amnesty, and hopes that if they become citizens, they will all vote Democrat &mdash; hopes which seem less credible after November 5.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;NGOs are motivated by ideology and, increasingly, by the massive income they now get from government-funded illegal immigration,&rdquo; he continued.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Mehlman said the reasons nonprofit organizations fight to keep illegal immigrants in the United States range from ideological to economic, as many NGOs receive funding from business interests that see them as a source of &ldquo;cheap labor.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Soros family&rsquo;s Foundation To Promote Open Society <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/nonprofits\/organizations\/263753801\/202213209349101601\/IRS990PF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">donated<\/a> $500,000 to the Immigrant Legal Resource Center in 2021 to support its &ldquo;New Way Forward&rdquo; campaign. The campaign <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ilrc.org\/sites\/default\/files\/resources\/2019.09_ilrc_new_way_forwardr2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">pushed changes<\/a> to the legal system that would end the automatic deportation of some criminal aliens, end the mandatory detention of illegal aliens, and decriminalize entering the U.S. without proper documentation. The Soros family&rsquo;s foundation also <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/nonprofits\/organizations\/852664277\/202321359349308657\/full\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">gave<\/a> the Transgender Law Center $250,000 in 2021 to &ldquo;support Black LGBTQIA+ migrants through organizing and base-building, deportation defense and strategic communications.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, former Sequoia Capital partner Michael Moritz&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/non-profit\/crankstart-foundation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">family foundation<\/a> pumped $3 million into the Immigrant Legal Resource Center to support its &ldquo;deportation defense&rdquo; operations between <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/nonprofits\/organizations\/943377099\/202233189349106953\/full\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">2021<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.propublica.org\/nonprofits\/organizations\/943377099\/202333189349101528\/full\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">2022<\/a>. Moritz has also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/recode\/21529490\/silicon-valley-millionaires-top-donors-2020-election-donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">donated<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2023-07-21\/soros-sequoia-capital-s-moritz-give-millions-to-anti-gop-group\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">millions<\/a> of dollars to organizations opposing Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>The uptick in illegal border crossings under the Biden administration has placed immense financial strain on major cities such as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/3120970\/nyc-spending-biden-border-crisis-5-billion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">New York<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/in_focus\/3158634\/the-costs-of-illegal-immigration-are-sinking-cities\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Chicago<\/a>. Some of the migrants who entered under Biden, meanwhile, have committed high-profile violent crimes. For instance, Jose Ibarra, who was recently convicted for the murder of Laken Riley, was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/immigration\/2894316\/laken-riley-five-other-illegal-immigrants-charged-murder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">detained<\/a> at the border after he illegally crossed but he was ultimately released into the country.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1791940\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1791940\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Charities have spent over $100 million since 2021 to prevent deportations<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":894,"featured_media":2371961,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP21268446372619-scaled-1024x694.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[6017,6543,6184,3813,32076],"class_list":["post-2371960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-advocacy","tag-charity","tag-deportation","tag-immigration","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/AP21268446372619-scaled-1024x694.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2371960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/894"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2371960"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2371960\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2371964,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2371960\/revisions\/2371964"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2371961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2371960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2371960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2371960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}