A representative from the Vera Institute of Justice, a group with documented financial ties to billionaire George Soros, told attendees at the Democratic National Committee’s (DNC) summer meeting in Minneapolis that they should avoid discussing “migrant crime” or “carjackings,” arguing that most Americans are more concerned with issues such as homelessness and mental health.
“Where does Trump go? Migrant crime, carjackings, the really lurid awful stuff that is a crazy, crazy visual,” Vera Institute speaker Insha Rahman said. “Don’t take the bait, because most Americans are more worried about how are we going to address mental health issues, the visible homelessness that we see on streets, and how do we deal with mental health and other issues that drive the sort of random incidents that scare all of us. That’s what you should be talking about, that’s where you should be focused. Don’t take the bait in talking about migrant crime or carjackings or the things that actually don’t matter to that many Americans.”
The Democrats opened their summer meeting on Monday with a land acknowledgment recognizing the Dakota Oyate as the “original stewards of the lands and waters” of Minneapolis. Lindy Sowmick, addressing the gathering, told attendees, “In many ways, we still live in a system built to suppress Indigenous people’s cultural and spiritual history.”
The Vera Institute of Justice has long been tied to left-wing immigration and criminal justice initiatives and has received significant financial backing connected to billionaire George Soros. The group’s programs have also included participants who were recipientsof fellowships from Soros’s Open Society Foundations. Since 2016, Soros’s Foundation to Promote Open Society has awarded over $11 million in grants to the Vera Institute.
In July 2022, Fox News reported that the group won a $171.7 million federal contract from President Joe Biden’s administration to provide attorneys to Unaccompanied Alien Children (UACs) in deportation proceedings, a contract that could total nearly $1 billion if extended through 2027. The organization, which has also received more than $300 million in federal contracts during the Obama administration, states that it aims to reduce the use of jails, prisons, and detention centers in the United States.
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