Is This Soros-Funded “Charity” Smuggling Illegal Aliens into Texas?
A far-left, pro-illegal immigration nonprofit is under fire by the Texas Attorney General for “jeopardizing [Texans’] safety and wellbeing.” It’s even worse than you think.
The Annunciation House, a non-governmental organization (NGO) in El Paso, Texas is making headlines after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton recently sued to stop its alleged criminal behavior. Restoration News has uncovered more damning evidence about the far-left organization showing that it is more political than religious.
“All NGOs who are complicit in Joe Biden’s illegal immigration catastrophe and think they are above the law should consider themselves on notice,” Paxton said in a May 8 press release. The lawsuit filed in El Paso District Court asserts that Annunciation House has “engaged in systematic conduct that constitutes illegal alien harboring and operation of a stash house.”
Annunciation House admits to sending busloads of “migrants” to other states including Missouri and Nebraska. Even though transporting illegal aliens is a crime, Annunciation House’s executive director, Ruben Garcia, views his acts as a humanitarian mission, openly defying the law.
The El Paso Office of Emergency Management’s “Migrant Situational Awareness Dashboard” tracks migrant activity. It appears the City of El Paso is also transferring “migrants” to Chicago, New York, Philadelphia, and Denver.
During the week of April 16, for instance, there were reported 804 community releases and 220 “daily migrants chartered.”
Annunciation House operated two shelters in Juarez Mexico, but after Biden rejected Trump’s successful “Remain in Mexico” policy, they emptied their shelters in Juarez and started sending the “migrants” to their shelters in El Paso. Annunciation House provides shelter for people who cross the border “with help from a coyote,” according to Paxton’s lawsuit.
The Annunciation House has refused to cooperate with an investigation conducted by Paxton’s office, claiming a religious exemption. When further questioned about its religious grounds for an exemption, the group’s absurd defense: We practice the “seven commandments.” This so-called Catholic organization doesn’t seem to be familiar with the Bible and their boldness to break the law grew stronger under Biden.
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Follow the Money
The top donor to the Annunciation House is George Soros’ Foundation to Promote Open Society, a top left-wing mega-funder that gave it $500,000.
Mark Zuckerberg’s immigration advocacy group, FWD.US, gave it another $50,000 as a “humanitarian border grant.” We’ve also traced large contributions from pass-through nonprofits used by Democratic mega-donors to fund “progressive” groups, including NEO Philanthropy, Network for Good, and the Silicon Valley Community Foundation.
If Paxton is correct, this money coming from far-left radicals helps Annunciation House fund the illegal invasion at the border by providing financial and legal assistance and housing to those breaking immigration laws.
501(c)(3) charities are allowed by the IRS to engage in a limited amount of lobbying, but Annunciation House appears wholly dedicated to lobbying rather than genuine charity. The group slammed Trump’s Remain in Mexico policy, claiming people have a human right to migrate to countries of their choice, and its social media accounts appear to be political rather than religious pages.
Similarly, since 2022 Annunciation House’s X/Twitter account brims with calls to action against legislation that restricts immigration—only mentioning Jesus briefly in a couple of reposts and the Bible not at all. This is more suggestive of a political organization than a religious charity, and one heavily engaged in trying to change the law—something 501(c)(3) groups are not supposed to be primarily engaged in.
Restoration News reviewed a March 2023 newsletter distributed by Annunciation House director Ruben Garcia claiming an astounding 27,000 “migrants” arrived in El Paso in Dec. 2022—and even blaming the influx of people on climate change: “The United States [is] a chief driver of climate change, which disproportionately harms low-income countries.”
Garcia further claims that American immigration policies are based in “hypocrisy, fear, and exploitation” and cause death. Annunciation House seems to be more of an environmental activist organization than a religious charity.
In its 2023 newsletter, Annunciation House demands the federal government provide free medical care for those “injured by the [border] wall”—an inanimate object—and demand “reparations to indigenous communities whose lands were stolen . . . for the construction of the wall.”
Most bizarre of all, the group wants funding for “environmental restoration efforts” due to the harm they claim has been caused by the border wall.
The Annunciation House is also aligned with the radical anti-police organization Black Lives Matter (BLM), praising the violent protestors who reigned fire and chaos on cities across America in 2020. In that spirit, Annunciation House accuses Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol of being “guilty of terrorizing the undocumented.”
Attorney General Paxton should not only be investigating Annunciation House for their criminal activities, but their nonprofit religious status should also be questioned.
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