A U.S. House Committee investigating a prominent NYC nonprofit, the Chinese-American Planning Council, claims it aids undocumented individuals in evading enforcement. The nonprofit refutes this, stating its goal is to instruct attendees on their constitutional rights. Three elected New York officials are under scrutiny due to an undercover video from a conservative group. Supportive lawmakers decry the investigation as intimidation against immigrant communities, highlighting the importance of legal education for residents and criticizing the use of such investigations as a political tool.
"This so-called investigation is just the latest Republican attempt to intimidate immigrant communities and the groups that support them. Targeting nonprofits for teaching people their rights is shameful and an abuse of federal power."
"The congressman would happily offer anyone in this administration a similar tutorial on due process rights and the rule of law so that they can stop breaking the law and recklessly terrorizing legal residents in this country."
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