The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is investigating what happened to $30 million it sent to a Muslim nonprofit to help resettle Afghan refugees in the US, The Post has learned.
The department is the latest to look into the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) amid accusations it has ties to dangerous groups in foreign nations including terror group Hamas.
In letters to the governors of California and Washington, where the $30 million was sent, HHS — headed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — claims it has received information that “raises concerns about the business practices and ethics of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and CAIR-California.”
The June 9 letters to the two Democratic governors, written by the agency’s Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources, Gustav Chiarello, says HHS has been informed “there may be connections between CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood and its Palestinian branch, Hamas.
“As you may know, the United States Department of State has designated Hamas a Foreign Terrorist Organization. HHS takes these allegations very seriously as the department may not conduct business with entities with ties to such designated organizations.
The letter goes on to say that the allegations are being investigated and if proven could result in “suspension and proposed debarment.”
The governors of Texas and Florida both designated CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood as foreign terrorist organizations and transnational criminal organizations in 2025.
Washington, DC headquartered CAIR did not respond to The Post’s request for comment.
The group, led by National Executive Director Nihad Awad, strongly denies it has any ties to terror organizations, and says it only operates in the US. It has also denied any ties to the Muslim Brotherhood.
Approximately 43,000 Afghanis resettled in California between 2016 and 2025 using special humanitarian visas, with Sacramento being the most common area where they went to live, according to data obtained by Abridged.org.
Since President Trump returned to office, around 200-300 Afghans a month were being admitted to the US in 2025, a number which has since dropped to zero. --->READ MORE HERE
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) presents itself as an innocuous Muslim civil rights group. But CAIR finds itself under increasing scrutiny for its past alleged connections to radical Islam, and for its ongoing rhetorical support for Hamas.
Last November, Texas Governor Greg Abbott designated CAIR a terrorist organization. The following month, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis followed suit, citing CAIR’s being listed as an unindicted co-conspirator in a major terrorism financing case two decades ago.
But as other states move to sideline CAIR, California is embracing it.
CAIR-CA, the organization’s largest statewide affiliate, is flush with taxpayer cash. In the last five years, the California Department of Social Services (CDSS) has sent at least $41 million in combined state and federal grants to the group, according to the Intelligent Advocacy Network (IAN), a California-based nonprofit.
Much of that money, it turns out, comes from the federal government. And last year, it was confirmed that the U.S. Department of Justice Executive Office for Immigration Review was investigating whether CAIR-CA should remain eligible for taxpayer funds.
This report — based on a trove of documents provided to us by IAN — reveals good reason for the DOJ to be digging into CAIR-CA.
It also raises serious questions about why Gavin Newsom’s government is funding such a radical organization.
CAIR was founded in 1994 with the ostensible aim of advancing Muslim-American civil rights. The organization claims that it “is not and never has been an agent” or affiliate of “any militant group.” But the historical record offers justification to question that characterization.
CAIR’s co-founders, Omar Ahmad and Nihad Awad, were leading members of the U.S.-Muslim Brotherhood’s Palestine Committee. That committee oversaw the creation of three other organizations that “effectively became the US-based Hamas infrastructure … to achieve the goal of supporting Hamas with media, money and political support,” according to a George Washington University Program on Extremism report.
In an October 1993 meeting planned by the Palestine Committee — secretly monitored by the FBI — participants allegedly discussed how to support Hamas’s efforts as well as how to help derail the Oslo Accords between Israel and the Palestinian leadership.
A year later, CAIR was born, with Ahmad and Awad assuming leading roles. For 11 years, Ahmad served as CAIR’s national chairman. Awad remains CAIR’s national executive director.
Some of this information came to light during the 2007 Holy Land Foundation trial, which saw five of that charity’s leaders convicted for collectively funneling more than $12 million to Hamas. The investigation uncovered a network of Hamas-linked organizations. --->READ MORE HERE
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