Mamdani Transition Adviser’s Nonprofit Under Congressional Investigation for Allegedly Teaching Illegal Aliens How To Evade ICE
The news comes after a campaign in which the New York City mayor-elect vowed to prevent ICE from carrying out deportations
Zohran Mamdani (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
Jon Levine
December 8, 2025
New York City mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s (D.) transition team includes a man whose organization is under congressional investigation for allegedly teaching illegal aliens how to evade ICE officers, the Washington Free Beacon has learned.
Mamdani named Wayne Ho, who has served as president and CEO of the Chinese-American Planning Council (CPC) nonprofit since 2017, to his Committee on Social Services last month. The House Committee on Homeland Security opened an investigation into CPC in April based on a video showing a member of CPC’s leadership "explaining strategies for avoiding and potentially impeding immigration officials during a seminar in New York," according to a letter from then-committee chairman and former congressman Mark Green (R., Tenn.).
Green wrote that the committee was "deeply concerned that CPC and other NGOs that receive taxpayer dollars may be advising or training illegal aliens on strategies to avoid cooperation with immigration officials." Though Green no longer leads the committee, a staff member confirmed to the Free Beacon that the investigation is ongoing.
https://freebeacon.com/democrats/mamdani-transition-advisers-nonprofit-under-congressional-investigation-for-allegedly-teaching-illegal-aliens-how-to-evade-ice/
