Xavier Becerra, California’s AG turned HHS Sec turned likely Gubernatorial candidate, got his start in politics thanks to a foreign coordinated influence network that funnels through Mexico’s consulates, says a recent Government Accountability Institute (GAI) report. The gigantic network was built by Becerra, in part, through his alignment with nonprofit organizations that have coordinated for decades with Mexico’s 50+ US consulates. Mexico’s former Foreign Minister said it best: “We are already giving instructions to our consulates that they begin propagating militant actions — if you will — in their communities.” That is not a metaphor. Mexico’s consulates have run voter registration drives and distributed how-to guides on crossing into the US and evading Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
As “my family,” Becerra aids the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA), an organization running multiple operations both north and south of the border. The DOGE project called CHIRLA a “civic pipeline” of immigration services to Democratic voter mobilization. The group has sent activists to obstruct live ICE enforcement operations and has called for dismantling the Department of Homeland Security entirely.
UnidosUS — formerly the National Council of La Raza — is next. Becerra has given keynote speeches at their annual conferences, with travel expenses covered by the group. Unidos was founded under a written agreement with Mexican President Carlos Salinas, which Mexico’s Foreign Ministry described as “an instrument of Mexican foreign policy.” Unidos directors have held meetings with Mexican officials specifically to strategize resistance to Trump administration enforcement.
The Logan Act — the very law now trending nationwide — outlaws U.S. citizens’ engagement with foreign governments to change their positions on disputes with the United States. GAI President Peter Schweizer argues this coordination goes beyond politics. In 2024, Mexican leaders explicitly endorsed MALDEF and Unidos as vehicles for “collective action” toward reclaiming the American Southwest.
On September 11, 2017, Becerra attended a private luncheon with Mexican diplomats during their mission to organize resistance to Trump’s DACA termination. That same day, he filed a lawsuit that ultimately preserved DACA in federal court. Coincidence or coordination? The State Department has begun a national security review of all 53 Mexican consulates. The question now is whether DOJ will follow.
Hellbound and Down 