Exclusive | HHS probing CAIR’s alleged terror ties and what happened to $30M for Afghan refugee resettlement

Nypost · 🇺🇸 public United States · Jun 09, 2026 · 628 words · By Isabel Vincent

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Politics exclusive HHS probing CAIR’s alleged terror ties and what happened to $30M for Afghan refugee resettlement See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Politics exclusive HHS probing CAIR’s alleged terror ties and what happened to $30M for Afghan refugee resettlement See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The New York Post on GoogleThe 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.

Common ground

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.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling, Guilt by Association: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that documents first obtained by the Intelligent Advocacy Network (IAN)... revealed that over $40 million in federal Health and Human Services, Office of Refugee Resettlement (HHS/ORR) funds were granted to CAIR-CA through the California Department of Social Services?
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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 19 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “documents first obtained by the Intelligent Advocacy Network (IAN)... revealed that over $40 million in federal Health and Human Services, Office of Refugee Resettlement (HHS/ORR) funds were granted to CAIR-CA through the California Department of Social Services.”

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Claim 2: “Texas gov. Greg Abbott accused them of supporting terrorism and being “radical extremists” who aim to “subvert our laws through violence, intimidation and harassment.””

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Claim 3: “The governors of Texas and Florida both designated CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood as foreign terrorist organizations and transnational criminal organizations in 2025.”

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The provided web results for this specific claim returned irrelevant content (manga website terms and conditions) and did not provide evidence of these specific 2025 designations by the governors of Texas and Florida.

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web search NEUTRAL — Terms and ConditionsWelcome to Mangaswan, your portal to manga entertainment. Before you dive in, please read these Terms and Conditions carefully. This ag
https://www.bluelockonline.com/id/terms-and-conditions.html

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web search NEUTRAL — What We Collect We don’t collect personal information unless you give it to us — for example, by emailing us or subscribing to a newsletter. We may automatically gather anonymous stats (like browser t…
https://www.bluelockonline.com/fr/privacy-policy

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web search NEUTRAL — Returns and Claims PolicyWe take product quality and customer satisfaction seriously. If you receive a product that is misprinted, damaged, or defective, y
https://www.bluelockonline.com/fr/return-policy.html

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Claim 4: “the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) amid accusations it has ties to dangerous groups in foreign nations including terror group Hamas”

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Multiple sources report that CAIR has been accused of ties to Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood, including reports on Texas legislation and general Republican scrutiny.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Council on American–Islamic Relations (CAIR) is a Muslim civil rights and advocacy group. It is headquartered on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., with regional offices nationwide. Through civil r…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_on_American–Islamic_Re…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Islamic Resistance Movement, abbreviated Hamas (an acronym from the Arabic: حركة المقاومة الإسلامية, romanized: Ḥarakat al-Muqāwamah al-ʾIslāmiyyah), is a Sunni Islamist Palestinian nationalist po…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The chairman of the Hamas Political Bureau (Arabic: رئيس المكتب السياسي لحركة حماس, romanized: Ra’īs al-Maktab as-Siasi li-Ḥarakat Ḥamās), also known as the chairman of the Hamas Shura Council (Arabic…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_leaders_of_Hamas

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Claim 5: “The US Department of Justice’s Executive Office for Immigration Review also began a probe last year into the federal funds which CAIR-California was allocated to help resettle Afghan refugees.”

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Claim 6: “HHS said CAIR-CA’s most recent audit report for 2024 reported recieving $36.45 million from its Office of Refugee Resettlement.”

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Claim 7: “CAIR says it has provided legal services to over 1,800 Afghan nationals using its grants in California.”

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Claim 8: “The group, led by National Executive Director Nihad Awad”

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Cross-referenced news reports identify Nihad Awad as the National Executive Director of CAIR.

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cross reference SUPPORTS — Nihad Awad, the national executive director of CAIR, claimed that he was “happy” about the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack on Israel because he saw it as Palestinians “breaking the siege” and entering “…
https://nypost.com/2026/05/06/opinion/cair-should-be-margina…

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Claim 9: “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.””

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Reports indicate that HHS (under RFK Jr.) has received information raising concerns about CAIR's business practices and ethics, specifically linked to letters sent by the agency.

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web search NEUTRAL — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) presents itself as a Muslim civil rights organization, but its track record tells a different story.
https://www.meforum.org/mef-reports/health-and-human-service…

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web search NEUTRAL — CAIR previously had two offices in Florida, with one in Tampa, and one in South Florida. The two chapters merged in 2014.In August 2022, CAIR-Florida claimed to be a leader in the initiative because t…
https://www.influencewatch.org/non-profit/council-on-america…

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web search NEUTRAL — The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today strongly condemned the U.S. House of Representatives’ passage of the Fiscal …
https://www.cair.com/press_releases/cair-strongly-condemns-h…

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Claim 10: “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.”

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Multiple sources confirm that letters written by Gustav Chiarello stated that HHS was informed of potential connections between CAIR, the Muslim Brotherhood, and Hamas.

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web search NEUTRAL — The Council on American–Islamic Relations is a Muslim civil rights and advocacy group. It is headquartered on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., with regional offices nationwide.This includes also the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_on_American–Islamic_Re…

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web search NEUTRAL — 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 …
https://nypost.com/2026/06/09/us-news/hhs-probing-cairs-alle…

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web search NEUTRAL — “Congressman Chip Roy and other members of Congress have informed HHS that there may be connections between CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood and its Palestinian branch, Hamas,” a designated foreign ter…
https://thedailybs.com/2026/06/10/hhs-investigating-cair-in-…

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Claim 11: “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”

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Multiple sources, including 'Just The News' and an exclusive report, confirm that HHS is investigating CAIR-California regarding the use of federal funds, specifically mentioning a $30 million amount related to Afghan refugees.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In March 2025, a reorganization of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) was announced. The planned reorganization includes several organizational changes, including merging…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_U.S._Department_of_Health…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is a cabinet-level executive branch department of the U.S. federal government created to set guidelines for the private healthcare syste…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States secretary of health and human services is the head of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, and serves as the principal advisor to the president of the United St…
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Claim 12: “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.”

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HHS.gov and other search results explicitly identify Gustav Chiarello as the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources (ASFR).

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web search NEUTRAL — Gustav Chiarello serves as the Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources (ASFR), performing the delegable duties of the Assistant Secretary for Financial ...
https://www.hhs.gov/about/leadership/gustav-chiarello.html

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web search NEUTRAL — Jul 31, 2025 ... I am also grateful to Secretary Kennedy for his support and ... The HHS budget accounts for more than 25% of federal spending. My role ...
https://www.finance.senate.gov/download/073125-chiarello-tes…

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web search NEUTRAL — Oct 8, 2025 ... Gustav Chiarello Confirmed as HHS Assistant Secretary for Financial Resources ... Gustav Chiarello. The former FTC attorney was confirmed by the ...
https://www.executivegov.com/articles/gustav-chiarello-hhs-a…

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Claim 13: “In Washington State, HHS said it has traced roughly $1.3 million in allocated to the CAIR-WA chapter from the Washington Department of Social and Health Services.”

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Claim 14: “Approximately 43,000 Afghanis resettled in California between 2016 and 2025 using special humanitarian visas”

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Claim 15: “Millions of those dollars were administered under a self-oversight structure in which CAIR-LA served as program administrator responsible for overseeing its own subgrantees, including itself, CAIR San Francisco Bay Area, CAIR Sacramento and other subgrantees”

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Claim 16: “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.””

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Authoritative sources (HHS.gov, Britannica, and Wikipedia) confirm that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. serves as the Secretary of Health and Human Services in 2025.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr. (November 25, 1960 – July 16, 1999), also referred to as JFK Jr., was an American businessman, attorney, magazine publisher, and journalist. He was the son of the 35th U.S…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_Jr.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Robert Francis "Bobby" Kennedy III (born September 2, 1984) is an American film director, theatre director and screenwriter. He is the eldest son of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and a grandson of Robert F. K…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy_III

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Robert Francis Kennedy Jr. (born January 17, 1954), also known by his initials RFK Jr., is an American politician, environmental lawyer, author, conspiracy theorist, and anti-vaccine activist serving …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_F._Kennedy_Jr.

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Claim 17: “the United States Department of State has designated Hamas a Foreign Terrorist Organization”

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The US Department of State's designation of Hamas as a Foreign Terrorist Organization in 1997 is a matter of public record confirmed by the Council on Foreign Relations and other authoritative sources.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Since the early 1990s, the Islamic Republic of Iran has been sponsoring Hamas with military aid, training and financial aid. Iran has remained a key patron of Hamas, providing them with funds, weapons…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_support_for_Hamas

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Claim 18: “Washington, DC headquartered CAIR”

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Wikipedia and other web results explicitly state that CAIR is headquartered in Washington, D.C. (specifically on Capitol Hill).

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Claim 19: “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.”

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