The organization Lawyers for Civil Rights filed the suit in the District of Massachusetts on behalf of the illegal immigrants and Alianza Americas.
The lawsuit accuses DeSantis and other state officials of targeting the illegal aliens and inducing them to board airplanes and cross state lines under “false pretenses.”
The first grant awarded in 2016 amounted to $200,000 to “support a transition phase of the Global Coalition on Migration, of which the Grantee is a member,” according to official data.
Grants to ‘Combat Voter Suppression’
The latest grant of $100,000 was awarded in 2020 to “monitor the implementation of the Global Compact for Migration and related mechanisms.”In total, eight grants were awarded to Alianza Americas over a four-year period.
Fox News, citing tax forms, reported that Lawyers for Civil Rights, the law firm that filed the suit against Florida officials, also received $50,000 from the Borealis Philanthropy in 2019.
‘Blood Is on His Hands’
In an August Twitter post, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani took aim at Soros over an opinion piece Soros wrote for The Wall Street Journal on July 31 in which he stated that he would continue to back progressive district attorneys despite the city battling with a drastic spike in crime.“If there is one single person responsible for the record increases in murder and violence in America’s cities it’s George Soros,” Giuliani wrote, adding that Soros is a major contributor to Black Lives Matter, Antifa, the Democrat Party, and dozens of progressive district attorneys.
“The blood is on his hands,” Giuliani said.
The 35-page lawsuit filed by Lawyers for Civil Rights on Sept. 20 states that in order to “gain the Plaintiffs’ trust, and to induce unwitting cooperation with Defendants’ scheme, the Doe Defendants provided items such as $10 McDonald’s gift certificates to class members suffering from chronic food insecurity.”
“After luring Plaintiffs by exploiting their most basic needs, the Doe Defendants then made false promises and false representations that if Plaintiffs and class members were willing to board airplanes to other states, they would receive employment, housing, educational opportunities, and other like assistance upon their arrival.”
The illegal immigrants, who aren’t identified by name, state that they were told they would be flown to Boston or Washington but were instead transported to Martha’s Vineyard, according to the suit.