Which nonprofit organizations have been involved in anti-ICE protests in 2024?
Executive summary
A discrete but identifiable set of nonprofits and advocacy organizations were publicly linked to anti-ICE protests in reporting that tracks organizing and responses; among the clearest actors named are Indivisible at the national level and several Los Angeles-area nonprofits including the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA), Union del Barrio and local mutual-aid groups that staged rallies, sent legal observers or ran support funds amid raids [1] [2] [3] [4]. Reporting also shows civil‑rights advocacy groups such as the National Immigration Law Center urging activism against ICE practices, while some political actors have sought to tie protest activity to other nonprofits or political parties — a claim those groups and some outlets dispute or that remains under investigation [5] [6] [3].
1. National organizers and movement networks that mobilized protests
Indivisible, a national social‑movement organization formed in the Trump era, is documented as organizing hundreds of protests across many states under anti‑ICE banners such as “ICE Out for Good,” with coverage noting chapters staged demonstrations in multiple states and that Indivisible and its local chapters organized protests in all 50 states the prior year [1] [7]. The National Immigration Law Center (NILC) ran calls to action and legislative campaigns framing ICE tactics as abusive and urging oversight and state‑level pushback, indicating active nonprofit-led advocacy against ICE beyond street protests [5].
2. Los Angeles: CHIRLA, Union del Barrio and local coalitions in the spotlight
Local reporting and official correspondence singled out Los Angeles organizations: the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA) is documented as staging a rally as anti‑ICE protests broke out in L.A., and it has been asked by Republican lawmakers for documents about links to protests even as CHIRLA said its role was limited to press events and legal‑observer deployments through the Rapid Response Network [3]. Senator Josh Hawley sent letters to CHIRLA, the Party for Socialism and Liberation and Union del Barrio seeking answers about facilitation of protesters—public reporting names those three groups as queried [2]. News outlets also reported that the Party for Socialism and Liberation was alleged by some commentators to be connected to larger protest activity in Los Angeles, a claim that has been amplified in partisan investigations [6] [2].
3. Legal‑aid, bail, and mutual‑aid nonprofits that supported protesters and affected communities
Multiple nonprofits provided accompaniment, legal observers, bail funds and mutual aid in response to ICE raids and protests: local collectives such as JSLA run bail funds and coordinate with legal observers, Al Otro Lado and other immigrant‑rights legal groups pledged to continue legal services during intensified ICE activity, and Boyle Heights nonprofits including Proyecto Pastoral, InnerCity Struggle and SCOPE launched community support funds and worked with rapid‑response networks to report and verify ICE activity [8] [4]. CHIRLA also said it had been sending legal observers to courts and detention centers as part of LA Rapid Response efforts [3].
4. Accusations, probes and competing narratives around nonprofit involvement
Reporting shows partisan and governmental scrutiny of nonprofit roles: House Judiciary Republicans opened a probe seeking documents from CHIRLA about alleged ties to anti‑ICE disturbances, and senators sent letters to several organizations asking whether they facilitated protest logistics or funding—allegations that groups have contested or framed as politically motivated requests for records [3] [2]. Other outlets reported claims, including by NewsNation, that outside funders and transnational networks may have supported activist infrastructure; those claims have been used to question whether some nonprofits were fronts for partisan or extremist agendas, but the reporting cites unnamed sources and has been seized upon by political actors [6].
5. What the sources do — and do not — prove about 2024 nonprofit involvement
The supplied reporting establishes that Indivisible and a constellation of immigrant‑rights nonprofits and local mutual‑aid groups were publicly engaged in anti‑ICE organizing and support activities tied to protests and rapid‑response in the period covered by the articles, and that Los Angeles groups including CHIRLA, Union del Barrio and local collectives attracted particular attention from media and lawmakers [1] [2] [3] [4]. The sources, however, do not supply a comprehensive, time‑stamped roster strictly limited to calendar year 2024 for every organization named, nor do they uniformly distinguish between staging protests, providing legal support, or being accused of facilitating unrest — so any final list should be treated as based on documented mentions and not as an exhaustive, forensic accounting [5] [8] [6].