Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., recently launched a formal Senate investigation into the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles, or CHIRLA, for its role in stoking violent riots in Los Angeles. Hawley wants to know whether the group financed and planned illegal activities and who its donors are.

Digging into CHIRLA may force Hawley to confront an awkward truth. A significant amount of the organization’s funding comes from a group Hawley has increasingly cozied up to: labor union officials.

Financial disclosures from nine major unions, including the AFL-CIO, Service Employees International Union, and Randi Weingarten’s American Federation of Teachers, reveal hundreds of thousands of dollars in grants to CHIRLA.

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