Tarrant County GOP Chair Bo French has revealed that the Catholic Charities of Fort Worth is working with an organization with ties to Islamic terrorism.
CCFW recently came under scrutiny for its unique relationship with the Biden-Harris administration.
The arrangement means that all federal grants for the state of Texas regarding cash payments to so-called “refugees” would be given to the charity, with CCFW receiving discretion over who received the money.
With the federal funds, CCFW established the Texas Office for Refugees to handle grants dispersed by the Biden-Harris administration. Since 2022, the organization has received more than $800 million from the Biden-Harris administration to aid illegal aliens.
CCFW CEO Michael Iglio responded to French’s findings, saying that their money and help goes only to “legal” immigrants.
“At CCFW, through our Texas Office for Refugees (TXOR) department, we assist eligible clients who have been legally admitted into the United States. This includes refugees who are legally admitted after undergoing a rigorous, multi-stage vetting process conducted by multiple federal agencies,” wrote CCFW in a Q&A document.
Additionally, Iglio states that TXOR “administers federal funds from the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) and partners with more than two dozen nonprofits across Texas.”
However, one of those nonprofits—which also partners with CCFW directly—is the Islamic Circle of North America. The organization is known to advocate for ending the Israeli “apartheid state,” has ties to terrorist organizations, hosts pro-Hamas protests at the Texas and U.S. Capitols, and echoes calls of the Palestinian president to fight “the Zionists.”
According to French’s findings, ICNA has partnered with CCFW for years. In a 2021 Fort Worth Report article, Hala Halabi, the director of refugee facilitation for ICNA’s Dallas branch, stated they had been collaborating with CCFW and said, “They’ve been there, I mean, step by step, with us.” Then, in 2022, ICNA posted about an event, stating, “It is always nice meeting with our great partner[s] Texas Office for Refugees.”
In April, President Joe Biden’s Assistant Secretary of the Population, Refugees, and Migration Bureau also held an event with ICNA and CCFW, thanking them for their help in “resettling refugees in Dallas/Fort Worth.” According to her post, the organizations listed had helped bring in 50,000 people by April 11, 2024.
CCFW’s website for the TXOR department lists 22 service providers around the state. The organizations include ICNA of Dallas and ICNA of Fort Worth.
ICNA is a “domestic affiliate” of the Pakistani terrorist group Jamaat-e-Islami, as stated by a resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2019. Additionally, in a brochure from ICNA, their stated goal is “To achieve the pleasure of Allah through the establishment of the Islamic system in this land.” ICNA even works with Al Khidmat, the charity wing of Jamaat-e-Islami, and is allegedly funding and supporting Hamas terrorists.
ICNA’s ties to the Pakistani terrorist group can be found back to 1997 when they printed its bimonthly publication, The Message International, in which they described jihad as an Islamic duty. Their publication has also published interviews with terrorist leaders who have said they “support the Islamist movement’s goal to establish a global caliphate.”
In 2019, the Islamic Circle hosted its convention, featuring a member of the Jamaat-e-Islami terrorist group. The member, Yusuf Islahi, has reportedly blamed Jewish people for the 9/11 attacks, describing it as a fitting response to American arrogance.
French told Texas Scorecard that as these groups are funded by the Biden-Harris administration, bringing Trump back into office may be the only hope to stop the invasion at the border.
“The Harris/Biden Admin is giving billions to NGOs to fund the invasion and give our hard-earned taxpayer money to illegal aliens. These NGOs are even working with groups who support Islamic Terrorism,” said French. “Electing Donald Trump is the only hope we have to stop it.”
