CITYWIDE — A PROMINENT NYC NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION SERVING THE ASIAN COMMUNITY and three elected officials from New York are at the center of a U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security investigation, reports Gothamist. The Republican-majority committee posted a letter on the website of the Chinese-American Planning Council alleging that the organization’s training session on constitutional rights is helping undocumented people evade immigrant enforcement officers. However, the Council, which in 2025 marks its 60th anniversary advocating for social and economic empowerment of the Chinese American community — including citizens as well as immigrant and low-income neighbors — refutes the accusation on the grounds that they are instructing participants on their constitutional rights.

The same committee is also watching Brooklyn Congressmembers Dan Goldman (D-10), Nydia Velázquez (D-07) and Gov. Kathy Hochul based on an undercover video by the conservative group Oversight Project singling them out.

Velázquez said, “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.” Goldman said, “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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