An anti-deportation group affiliated with leftist billionaire George Soros’s Open Society Foundations is one of the groups behind the “defund the police” movement taking place across America.

The Soros-affiliated group has been part of the “defund the police” movement as far back as early 2016 — long before the death of George Floyd that brought it to national attention. While many Americans see the current protests and riots as organic reactions to the death of Floyd, many organized groups are seizing on the momentum.

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The Soros-affiliated group is called Organized Communities Against Deportation (OCAD). OCAD lists on its website the “Open Society Foundation” as a partner.

Editor’s Note: In Chicago, Illinois on February 26, 2016 OCAD hosted a protest where. . .

Activists sat on ladders in the middle of a street in front of a Regional Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) field office holding banners that said, “Dismantle ICE. Defund the police.” The activists consider ICE “the largest police force” in the country and were “joined by leaders from the movement for Black lives who say there is a connection between their efforts,” the article said. . . .

Activists shout "Defund the police! Dismantle ICE" on intersection of Congress and Lasalle #stoptheraids #chicago pic.twitter.com/jDXcvAB2Co

— OCAD (@OCAD_CHI) February 16, 2016

An OCAD organizer and Policy Director for the #Not1More Campaign, Tania Unzueta, complained that Chicago spent “40% of its budget on police” and that the government should spend money on “developing and nurturing our communities not deporting and incarcerating them.”

“If these agencies have endless resources, they will find endless ways to target and harm our families. They need to be defunded and dismantled,” she said.

OCAD in recent days and weeks has been calling for its supporters to support the Black Lives Matter movement. . . saying . . .  “our liberation is dependent of Black liberation.”

(Excerpt from Breitbart. Written by Kristina Wong. Photo from Unsplash by Koshu Kunni.)