George Soros pumps more cash into nonprofit group that may have violated federal law
Gabe Kaminsky
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Left-wing billionaire George Soros steered hundreds of thousands of dollars more to an open borders nonprofit group in 2021 that may have violated federal law, records show.
Alianza Americas, which is suing Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) over him flying illegal immigrants to Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, was the subject of a watchdog complaint in October for allegedly failing to disclose lobbying. Soros’s Open Society Foundations network, which between 2016 and 2020 gave Alianza roughly $1.4 million, handed the organization another $350,000 in 2021, according to 2021 tax forms.
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“It’s further evidence of Soros’s globalist vision, which hinges on open borders for its ‘cosmopolitanism’ to work,” Hayden Ludwig, a senior investigative researcher at the conservative think tank Capital Research Center, told the Washington Examiner. “The ugliest irony is that Soros wants to destroy capitalism using a vast fortune earned by investing shrewdly in capitalist markets, paid out to ‘eat-the-rich’ activists, using his Open Society Foundations whose ‘charity’ is rewarded with tax exemption.”
Both “general support” grants came from OSF’s Foundation to Promote Open Society, a left-leaning grant-making network that posted a revenue of over $1.3 million in 2021, tax forms show. A portion of the money was to further OSF’s International Migration Initiative in Latin America and the Caribbean — which aims to “enhance the quality and accessibility of protection for refugees and migrants.”
The revelation that Alianza has received more grants from OSF comes after the Washington Examiner reported that Alianza faced an IRS complaint from the National Legal and Policy Center, a conservative watchdog, for allegedly not disclosing its apparent lobbying activities in 2019 and 2020. Following this complaint, charity experts said it appears Alianza continued to lobby in 2021 and 2022.
Charities like Alianza are allowed to lobby to some extent under federal law, but such activity must be disclosed on tax forms.
As a whole, Alianza’s apparent lobbying has come under heavy scrutiny. In October, several Republican lawmakers wrote letters to the Department of Health and Human Services demanding an “audit” of the $8.5 million it granted to Alianza in 2021. The lawmakers sought to know whether or not Alianza illegally used the federal dollars to lobby.
“As members of Congress we take seriously our roles of ensuring taxpayer dollars are used wisely and within the confines of the law, and we are sure you share that goal,” Texas Reps. Chip Roy and Beth Van Duyne wrote in their letter.
The other letter to the HHS was sent by Texas state House member Brian Harrison, who was the agency’s chief of staff under former President Donald Trump.
“It appears they may be committing multiple violations, especially if they used any of the millions of tax dollars Biden’s HHS gave them for lobbying,” Harrison previously told the Washington Examiner.
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In its lawsuit against DeSantis, Alianza alleged that the governor “intentionally targeted only individuals who are non-white and born outside the United States.” Documents show that the immigrants in question were informed of their destination prior to boarding flights.
OSF did not reply to a request for comment.