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How Gavin Newsom, and California taxpayers, subsidized migrant invasion

Gavin Newsom has granted approximately $1 billion to an army of nonprofits that has encouraged unchecked numbers of migrants to enter the country.

Former President Joe Biden oversaw an unprecedented wave of migration across the southwestern border of the United States.

Some border states sought to stop the wave of illegal immigration on their own. California, on the other hand, welcomed the flood.

Newsom funded groups that backed migration, fought deportation orders in the courts, and led street protests against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

These groups often operate under the guise of “humanitarianism” or “immigration justice,” but many are in fact left-wing activist groups that use propaganda, lawfare, and street protests to transform America’s demographics and build political power for California Democrats — all on the public dime.

California saw more than 400,000 illegal immigrants between 2021 and 2023 alone. And under Newsom’s leadership, the nation’s largest “sanctuary” state granted hundreds of millions of dollars to nonprofits that variously provided migrants with transportation assistance, shelter, social services, and legal protection.

The expenditures have been enormous. According to our review of state funding records, under Newsom, California has granted massive contracts for migrant-related services: more than $250 million to Catholic Charities; $85 million to Jewish Family Services; $12 million to Centro Legal de la Raza; $23 million to the Immigration Institute of the Bay Area; and more. 

Many nonprofits benefiting from these funds are shockingly radical.

Al Otro Lado, a nonprofit that has been awarded more than $2 million by California since Newsom took office, helps purported asylum-seekers enter the United States — hence the group’s name, “to the other side.”

On social media, Al Otro Lado touts its efforts to provide “freedom of movement” to migrants. In addition to providing legal guidance, the group deploys volunteers to “remote migration routes to leave water, food, and essential supplies.”

According to its own materials, Al Otro Lado is anti-borders and openly hostile to the American nation. In one Instagram video, the group’s litigating attorney Diego Teixeira clumsily summarized the view: “I honestly just believe that there’s no reason for why we should have borders.” The organization did not respond to our comment request.

Oasis Legal Services, another taxpayer-funded group, has worked on helping “queer and trans immigrants navigate immigration relief and benefits.”

In a recent report, the group boasted that “the odds of winning an asylum case go up to 99%........

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