Who Is Funding the Anti-ICE Protests? 'Chaos Seems to Be the Main Goal'
Anti-ICE demonstrations, pro-Hamas college takeovers, and even Black Lives Matter protests all have a common thread running through them.
Author Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld argues, "There is something in common to these demonstrations and that is to create resistance to change the United States of America."
Just follow the money. Some of the leaders and participants of anti-ICE and deportation demonstrations are paid protest professionals. She contends one billionaire and his influence is reshaping American society, and it's not Donald Trump.
CBN's Gary Lane spoke with Dr. Ehrenfeld, author of the book, The Soros Agenda. She's also the founder and president of the American Center for Democracy & Economic Warfare Institute.
Gary Lane: So last time we talked, we discussed George Soros' Open Society Foundation funding of pro-Hamas protests on college campuses. We know about his funding of open borders and mass immigration, not only in the U.S., but also in Europe. So tell us about the funding of anti-ICE protests in cities like Chicago, L.A., and Portland.
Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld: If you pay attention to pictures, videos of the demonstrations, you will also see several of the demonstrators carrying also Palestinian flags or Hamas flags. So there is something common to these demonstrations, and that is to create this resistance. Hamas is resistance, demonstrations against ICE officers and law enforcement, and police, and everything is also resistance. So, yeah, there is something, some mutual interest in those funding these demonstrations everywhere.
Lane: Well, what is Soros' goal, Rachel? What is his goal?
Ehrenfeld: Soros's goal was to change the United States of America. Well, he has done a lot towards that and achieved a lot of chaos. And chaos seems to be the main goal of all this funding of various resistance movements, or as they call them, justice movements.
So it is justice because you are not supposed to... why are you going after illegal migrants? Criminally illegal migrants? Are you out of your mind? They are nice people. They should be here. They should rape and rob a few more people, right? Or kill. So the goal is really to create as much chaos as possible and to defy and weaken the influence and the power of law enforcement. And also ICE and law enforcement, it's everybody that actually tries to enforce the law. And this way also to demoralize the people who are doing their jobs.
Lane: I know Ryan Morrow of the Capital Research Center found $80 million in Open Society funding of groups tied to terrorism and violence. So who else is funding the protests?
Ehrenfeld: Well, there are some pro-China and others who think like the Soroses. So it could be another liberal type. Funding through Tides Foundation is good because Tides is funding all kinds of progressive projects. And this is really a pool of money that donors are sending in for whatever projects they want to fund.
Lane: Well, President Trump has designated Antifa a terrorist organization. He's called for criminal charges against Soros and his son, Alex, under the RICO statute. So should that happen? What else needs to be done to stop all this?
Ehrenfeld: Well... the Justice Department, I was glad to see that the prosecutor was put in charge at DOJ to do this investigation. There is a whole team. But the prosecutor was Senator Grassley's... worked with Senator Grassley, apparently, on following the money.
So there are new organizations almost, I don't know, I follow this stuff, it's like almost every day. Palestinian terrorist organizations designated as such not only by the United States, but recently more Israel and the United States. And all of them are affiliated with Hamas. Many of them are paying for people to go and kill, for Palestinian terrorists to go and kill Jews or any other infidel.
Lane: So it's going to be extremely difficult to nail all this down, but the investigation is underway. Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld, author of the book The Soros Agenda, thank you for joining us.
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About The Author
Mr. Lane served as International News Director and Senior International Correspondent for CBN News. He traveled to more than 120 countries—many of them restricted nations or areas hostile to Christianity and other minority faiths where he has interviewed persecution victims and provided video reports and analysis for CBN News. Also, he provided written stories and served as a consultant for the Voice of the Martyrs.
Gary joined The Christian Broadcasting Network in 1984 as the first full-time Middle East Correspondent for CBN News. Based in Jerusalem, Gary produced reports from Beirut on the Lebanese civil war. He was reassigned to Washington, D.C., at the start of President Reagan’s second term and served as National Security Correspondent from the U.S. State Department, Pentagon, Capitol Hill, and the White House.
Gary left CBN briefly in 1988 to work as Senior Press Secretary for Pat Robertson’s presidential campaign. Afterward, he returned to Washington and served as Washington Bureau Chief for CBN News from 1989-1992.
Gary transferred to CBN headquarters in Virginia Beach in 1996, where he began more extensive international traveling and reporting as a Senior Correspondent.
In addition to his extensive reporting on Christian persecution, Gary is also known for his reporting on the civil war in Sudan. He made 20 trips to the country since 1993 and also testified before Congress about the plight of Burmese refugees.
Gary produced numerous documentaries, including Americans Abandoned for the American Defense Institute, which afforded him the opportunity to become the first American journalist granted access to the Vietnamese Defense and Cultural Film archives. The investigative film about American POWs featured Vietnam War footage never seen before by Americans.
Gary also produced several persecution documentaries, including one about Christians in Egypt for Freedom House—Their Blood Cries Out—and another about attacks in Indonesia for The Voice of the Martyrs—Island Jihad. He also worked as a production consultant and videographer for the VOM video specials Underground Reality Vietnam and Underground Reality Colombia.
Over the years, Gary covered wars in Lebanon, Israel, Nicaragua, Angola, Burma, Sudan, Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Colombia, Libya, and Syria. He won several awards, including one from the National Gulf War Resource Center for his groundbreaking investigative reporting of Gulf War Illness, an affliction affecting veterans of Operation Desert Storm. The Australian Evangelical Press Association gave him an award for his reporting of a church massacre that occurred in Bahawalpur, Pakistan, shortly after 9-11.
Gary left CBN in 2000 to join the Voice of The Martyrs as their News Director, where he directed the mission’s multimedia efforts. Those included the website, monthly newsletter, video productions, publications, press releases, and media interviews.
Gary rejoined CBN in late 2003 as International News Director/Senior Correspondent. He served as executive producer of three weekly international news programs: Christian World News (CWN); Mundo Cristiano, a Spanish version of CWN produced in Costa Rica; and an Arabic language version of CWN, CWN Arabic, which was broadcast throughout North Africa and the Middle East. He also hosted and produced the weekly CBN News Channel program, The Global Lane.
Prior to CBN, Gary worked for various local television stations in Michigan, including one owned by Time Inc. and another by Knight-Ridder. Before that, he worked at local radio stations in Flint and Detroit.
Gary is a 1979 honors graduate of The University of Michigan, Flint, where he served as political editor of The University News, studied pre-law, and received an A.B. in political science and history.
