Zuckerberg funded Soros-backed group facing scrutiny over lobbying efforts

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative gave nearly half a million dollars to a George Soros-backed non-profit facing scrutiny over an alleged failure to disclose its lobbying efforts.

Founded by Mark Zuckerberg and wife Priscilla Chan, the CZI gave $440,000 in grants to the pro-immigration Alianza Americas from 2019-2020, according to the Washington Examiner. 

Alianza is facing legal scrutiny over its alleged failure to disclose its lobbying efforts when filing tax returns for those years, the outlet noted. The National Legal and Policy Center filed a complaint with the IRS last month asserting that the non-profit's own disclosures revealed "extensive lobbying activities," despite claiming on the same documents that they did no such thing. The outlet noted the organization's more than 200 visits to Congress from 2017-2019 to advocate on immigration issues.

The group is most well-known for filing a suit against Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis on behalf of several migrants whom the governor flew to Martha's Vineyard as part of a wider effort to transport illegal migrants to left-wing enclaves for the purpose of calling attention to the ongoing crisis at the southern border.

$400,000 of the donations from CZI were to aid in Alianza's advocacy for Temporary Protected Status issues, per the outlet. TPS is the legal status the government grants asylum recipients, among others. The other $40,000 came in 2020 for COVID-19 rapid response assistance.