Muslim non-profit director allegedly ‘misled’ Senators over $20m for refugees: watchdogs

The director of a controversial Muslim nonprofit is accused of misleading US Senators over how it spent more than $20 million in cash earmarked to resettle refugees, according to watchdog groups. 

Senators are probing what happened to the tens of millions of taxpayer funds used for a humanitarian parole program that allowed almost 77,000 Afghan refugees into the country following the 2021 Taliban takeover.

Some of that money was distributed through the California Department of Social Services’ Afghan Legal Services Project (ALSP) and handled by the California chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).

When the Taliban took over Afghanistan, the US welcomed nearly 77,000 Afghan refugees and used charities, such as CAIR-CA to help settle them in the country. AFP via Getty Images