Washington, June 13 (RHC)-- Right-wing Republican Senator Josh Hawley of Missouri said he’s launching an investigation into the groups Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights Los Angeles, CHIRLA, Unión del Barrio, and others, accusing them of “bankrolling the unrest.” 

In response, CHIRLA said: “We will not be intimidated for standing with immigrant communities and documenting the inhumane manner that our community is being targeted.”

Meanwhile, Republican House lawmakers have launched a separate probe into CHIRLA and 200 other nonprofits serving immigrants, accusing the groups of abetting the “Biden-Harris administration’s historic border crisis.” 

Some of the other targeted groups include Make the Road New York, Council on American-Islamic Relations, Haitian Bridge Alliance, Catholic Charities, and U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.

In related news, U.S. troops stationed at the southern border have begun detaining immigrants in another escalation of military authority.  Troops are generally barred from civilian law enforcement under the Posse Comitatus Act.  

Authorities in Republican-led states are attempting to charge people with military trespassing for entering so-called defense zones, even if they do so unknowingly.

[ SOURCE: DEMOCRACY NOW ]