The Gates Foundation, the largest charitable foundation in the United States, has cut ties with Arabella Advisors, a consulting firm with close ties to nonprofits for Democratic and leftist causes.

The decision to step back from work with Arabella Advisors has alarmed some leftist groups that rely on the Gates Foundation for substantial financial support, according to The New York Times. The foundation said in a statement that the move to distance itself from the leftist-linked consulting firm is “a business decision that reflects our regular strategic assessments of partnerships and operating models.”

The Gates Foundation sent a memo to some employees in June who oversee the charity’s grant programs, stating that it would move toward more direct relationships with grant recipients rather than working through Arabella.

“Teams are increasingly working directly with programmatic partners — organizations that are deeply embedded in the communities we serve and closely aligned with our mission,” the note said, according to the Times. “As we look ahead, this is a chance to build deeper, more durable relationships with those partners — and to reinforce the kind of legacy we want to leave behind.”

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The funding at stake is immense for Arabella groups. The Gates Foundation has directed nearly half a billion dollars toward nonprofits in the Arabella network over the past 16 years.

Arabella Advisers reportedly controls hundreds of activist groups that support leftist causes. The consulting firm administers a wide network of so-called “dark money” groups while drawing support from left-wing financiers such as George Soros and, until recently, the Gates Foundation.

Conservatives have often attacked the consulting group for its ties to political organizations and its support for leftist causes. Nonprofits in its network have also received blowback. In 2023, the conservative watchdog group Americans for Public Trust filed a complaint with the IRS alleging that four Arabella-connected groups “diverted substantial portions of their income and assets” to benefit Arabella’s founder, Eric Kessler.

The Gates Foundation’s split from Arabella comes as the Trump administration has cracked down on leftist financial networks such as ActBlue, the Democratic Party’s main fundraising platform.

WASHINGTON — The United States Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement have executed arrests of 5,000 illegal aliens since June, The Daily Wire can first report. And Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem has a message for criminal illegals in the United States: “This is just the beginning.”

The 5,000th arrest in Los Angeles is an individual named Gustavo Garcia-Miranda, a criminal illegal alien and convicted drug trafficker from Mexico, a DHS official told The Daily Wire, sharing that Garcia-Miranda illegally entered the United States in 2008 and was arrested by Border Patrol for illegal re-entry.

“That’s 5,000 criminal illegal aliens, gang members, child predators, and murderers taken off our streets,” Noem told The Daily Wire. “Precious lives saved. Families protected. American taxpayers spared the cost of their crimes AND the burden of their benefits.”

Gustavo Garcia-Miranda. Photo courtesy of DHS.

Gustavo Garcia-Miranda. Photo courtesy of DHS.

“THANK YOU to our brave law enforcement officers,” the Homeland Security Secretary emphasized. “Make no mistake: if you are here illegally, we will find you, arrest you, and send you back. This is just the beginning.”

The arrests come in spite of pushback from lawmakers and California politicians who embrace sanctuary city policies, as well as the disruption of rioters in California, who began violently protesting federal agents following increased apprehension rates by ICE agents in Los Angeles in early June.

Video footage of the rioting showed individuals throwing bricks and Molotov cocktails at armored vehicles, prompting President Donald Trump to federalize 4,000 members of the California National Guard within days, arguing that the government needed to restore order to the city, and an additional 700 Marines to support local law enforcement.

DHS emphasizes that despite these challenges, ICE and Border Patrol continued to push forward and deliver on the president’s promise to free American communities from illegal alien crime.

“Secretary Noem has been clear: LA rioters would not stop DHS or slow us down,” the agency said in a press release. “Our law enforcement will continue to enforce the law. And anyone who lays a hand on a law enforcement officer, will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.” 

A protester waves a combination Mexican-US flag in front of police in riot gear during a protest in response to federal immigration operations in the Little Tokyo neighborhood of downtown Los Angeles, on June 9, 2025. (Photo by RONALDO SCHEMIDT/AFP via Getty Images)

On Friday, a judge appointed by former President Barack Obama ruled that Trump cannot cut federal funding from sanctuary cities around the country — cities that consider themselves “sanctuaries” for illegal immigrants. That includes Los Angeles, which Trump’s DOJ sued in June, arguing that the city’s policies that bar Los Angeles resources from being used in immigration enforcement operations.

The president has argued vehemently against sanctuary cities, saying in April: “No more Sanctuary Cities! They protect the Criminals, not the Victims. They are disgracing our Country, and are being mocked all over the World. Working on papers to withhold all Federal Funding for any City or State that allows these Death Traps to exist!!!”

The DHS announcement also comes as the president’s federal enforcement operation in Washington, D.C., has announced dozens of arrests of illegal immigrants every night since August 7, when Trump’s crime enforcement began. On Monday night, for example, federal authorities made a total of 87 arrests, 39 of whom were illegal aliens with prior arrests for DUI, simple assault, second degree assault, sexual solicitation, felony robbery, contempt of court, and more.

One Mexican illegal alien arrested in D.C. on Monday night had a prior arrest for child rape and three prior immigration encounters. Another illegal alien arrested on Monday evening was a member of Tren de Aragua.