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EXPOSED: California's Taxpayer Money Laundering Scheme - Newsom Funnels MILLIONS to Pro-Illegal Immigration Groups

Gary FranchiFebruary 22, 2026197 views
EXPOSED: California's Taxpayer Money Laundering Scheme - Newsom Funnels MILLIONS to Pro-Illegal Immigration Groups
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A damning new investigation has exposed the corrupt money trail flowing from California taxpayers straight into the pockets of radical pro-illegal immigration groups - with Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles officials acting as the middlemen in this taxpayer-funded scam.

The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA), the same anti-ICE extremist group that celebrated alongside Mayor Karen Bass during the destructive Los Angeles riots in June 2025, has been gorging itself on taxpayer funds for years while working to undermine American immigration law.

The pattern is clear and disgusting: California politicians take YOUR hard-earned tax dollars and hand them over to groups actively working against American citizens' interests. CHIRLA received both LA city and county money after the Pacific Palisades and Eaton fires - ostensibly to help fire victims, but conveniently expanding their anti-enforcement operations in the process.

But the fire funding was just the latest handout. Before that, CHIRLA was "hoovering up COVID" taxpayer funds, according to the investigation. This is the same playbook Democrats have used for decades - create a crisis, claim they need emergency funding to help, then funnel that money to their radical activist allies.

"This is exactly the kind of government waste and corruption that President Trump and Elon Musk's DOGE initiative is designed to eliminate," said one federal source familiar with the investigation.

While hardworking Americans struggle with inflation and high taxes, Newsom and his cronies are literally paying groups to undermine federal immigration enforcement and cheer on violent riots that destroy communities. CHIRLA's presence at those June riots wasn't coincidental - it was the natural result of years of taxpayer-funded radicalization.

This is your money being used against your interests, Patriots. Every dollar that goes to CHIRLA is a dollar that could have gone to actual Americans in need, to infrastructure, or back into taxpayers' pockets.

The good news? With Trump back in the White House and a real administration committed to draining the swamp, these corrupt funding schemes are finally being exposed. How much more taxpayer money has been funneled to anti-American groups while California burns?

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Gary Franchi

Award-winning journalist covering breaking news, politics & culture for Next News Network.

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VeteranVoiceVerifiedFeb 22, 2026
Meanwhile our homeless vets are sleeping on the streets while millions get funneled to groups that encourage breaking federal immigration law. Where are the investigations into this?
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CaliforniaConservativeVerifiedFeb 22, 2026
Finally someone is exposing this! I've been tracking the budget allocations in my county and the numbers never add up - now we know where the money is really going.
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BudgetWatcherVerifiedFeb 22, 2026
Have you found any public records that show the specific amounts? Would love to see the documentation.
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PatriotMom2024VerifiedFeb 23, 2026
This is exactly why I moved my family out of California three years ago. Newsom keeps finding new ways to waste our hard-earned tax dollars on everything EXCEPT actual Californians who need help.
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TexasStrongVerifiedFeb 23, 2026
Smart move! We welcomed a lot of CA refugees here in Texas and they all say the same thing about the backwards priorities there.