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Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights

Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights

The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA) was founded in 1986. CHIRLA is a California leader with national impact made of diverse immigrant families and individuals who act as agents of social change to achieve a world with freedom of mobility, full human rights, and true participatory democracy. CHIRLA’s mission is to chieve a just society fully inclusive of immigrants.www.chirla.org

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Sep 18, 2026

Nick ShirleyGUEST
13:51
Yeah, it can be Medi-Cal, it can even be NGOs, nonprofits, that receive grants from the government.
Nick ShirleyGUEST
13:55
For instance, the pr- the people who sponsored this bill is called CHIRLA.
Nick ShirleyGUEST
13:58
They received $80 million, and they do the advocacy work for illegal immigrants here inside the United States.
David SacksHOST
14:04
Wait, they got $80 million...
Nick ShirleyGUEST
16:38
Yeah.
David FriedbergHOST
16:39
And who is the impetus of this bill? Like, is there a way that people are teasing out the, the funding cycle and the people that were behind this thing, or no?
Nick ShirleyGUEST
16:48
Well, CHIRLA, they're the co-sponsor, but who received $80 million.
Nick ShirleyGUEST
16:51
The person who created this bill is the wife of the attorney general.
Tony CabreraHOST
17:33
I
speaker_16SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
17:33
think CHIRLA brings visibility.
speaker_16SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
17:35
This cause is really close to me because I know undocumented folks myself.
speaker_16SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
17:39
I think as undocumented folks get older, they're looking forward to retiring, and I don't know if there's an official way to do that here in the United States unless they have some kind of legalization.
Lori MillsGUEST
27:43
I've been looking into the fraud for quite some time.
Lori MillsGUEST
27:47
As a matter of fact, Cam Higby and I were the first ones to go to CHIRLA, which they wrote the Nick Shirley Act over.
Lori MillsGUEST
27:58
And it's amazing to me, not only watching our money go overseas, but literally watching our tax dollars go into NGOs like CHIRLA and Indivisible.
Lori MillsGUEST
28:12
And basically what happens, they're getting taxpayer grants in the sum of CHIRLA alone got $80 million dollars.
Lori MillsGUEST
28:20
They funded the Stop Recall Gavin Newsom campaign, and they're basically just laundering it back into Democrat campaigns.
Lori MillsGUEST
28:30
Never mind money literally leaving our country and funding fraudsters.
Lori MillsGUEST
29:04
If they're caught cheating, they change the law to make cheating okay.
Lori MillsGUEST
29:09
Prime example, mass mail-in voting.
Jillian MichaelsHOST
29:31
When Benny talks about NGOs, I could give you an example of one I've been following closely in California.
Jillian MichaelsHOST
29:38
It's called CHIRLA, and it's an immigrants' right NGO.
Jillian MichaelsHOST
29:45
It's gotten $115 million from California.
Jillian MichaelsHOST
29:50
Gavin Newsom's California.
Memo TorresGUEST
3:35
A family member has been taken and having to consume the empathy of the people crying and trying to deal with that and help them navigate through that crisis.
Memo TorresGUEST
3:47
I spoke with Chirla.
Memo TorresGUEST
3:49
and the los angeles rapper response members they were even saying how like because i was checking in with them because we're both seeing a decrease in reports yet an increase in detentions kind of showing that less people are are checking in and being out there being vigilant And through all of this, you're seeing ICE nationwide have record numbers.
Memo TorresGUEST
4:09
43,000 arrests in June.
Shane Murphy GoldsmithHOST
13:15
Brilliant
Victor NarroGUEST
13:15
... you know, I was at CHIRLA back then-
Shane Murphy GoldsmithHOST
13:16
Oh, yes
Victor NarroGUEST
13:16
... at the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights.
Victor NarroGUEST
15:49
... today there's over 300.
Victor NarroGUEST
15:50
It's a vibrant movement.
Victor NarroGUEST
15:51
But CHIRLA, we all, you know, Pablo Alvarado was my organizing-
Shane Murphy GoldsmithHOST
15:55
Mm-hmm
Steve HiltonGUEST
16:26
... grotesque problem we have in California.
Kyle CampbellHOST
16:28
Right, and it's also been uncovered that there are groups like CHIRLA who should be focused on helping, uh, immigrants, right, who are stumping for Becerra.
Kyle CampbellHOST
16:40
[laughs] They're taking-
Steve HiltonGUEST
16:42
Yes
Amy ReichertCORRESPONDENT
6:17
Well, that's what Nick Shirley was talking about in his speech.
Amy ReichertCORRESPONDENT
6:21
So one of the co-authors of the bill to silence him and citizen journalists was crafted by CHIRLA.
Amy ReichertCORRESPONDENT
6:30
CHIRLA is an organization that provides immigration support services to illegal immigrants to the tune of $80 million in taxpayer money.
Amy ReichertCORRESPONDENT
6:42
So if you listen to Gavin Newsom, he'll say, oh, well, this bill just outlaws doxing.
Amy ReichertCORRESPONDENT
6:47
Well, doxing is already against the law.
Nick ShirleyHOST
3:37
These politicians funnel millions upon millions of dollars to these nonprofits.
Nick ShirleyHOST
3:42
And in fact, the co-sponsor of this bill is CHIRLA, which is an immigration support service provider who has received over $80 million of your tax dollars for their organization who provide legal services for illegal migrants here inside of the United States.
Nick ShirleyHOST
3:58
All right, so what actually is this new law, AB 2624, known as the Stop Nick Sherlock? Well, it was created because these people inside these immigration support service providers have allegedly faced doxing, courthouse targeting, online harassment, anti-immigrant vigilante threats, and coordinate campaigns and death threats.
Nick ShirleyHOST
4:15
And it says right here inside this bill that it says it happened in 2025 and it will continue because of the current administration's anti-immigration attitude and policies.
Amy ReichertGUEST
13:30
Here, Gavin Newsom signed a bill, which was, it's not the actual name of the bill, but it should be the name of the bill, Stop Nick Shirley Act, AB 2624.
Amy ReichertGUEST
13:43
And there's one section of the bill that was written so broadly that if you or me decide to go online and expose some of these NGOs that are raking in up to $80 million like Chirla is, in California.
Amy ReichertGUEST
14:00
They're providing immigrant support services to people that are here illegally I'm pretty sure that because of how broadly written this law is, if I stand in front of one of these NGOs and I just read the 990, which is the financial statement for the nonprofit, and I name the principals, and if I show their face, I could be slapped with a $4,000 fine, be ordered to take my video down, and then also be sued if they think that that constitutes a threat, that I'm trying to threaten them.
Kira DavisHOST
14:36
It's absolutely insane.

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