Who Is Funding the Anti-ICE Protests in Minneapolis?
by Nathanael Greene
The Minneapolis anti‑ICE protests did not arise spontaneously. Federal investigators are examining a funding network tied to Neville Roy Singham, the China‑based activist financier with documented links to CCP‑aligned organizations. Reports from Fox News, Townhall, and an MSN‑syndicated piece identify Singham‑backed nonprofits and progressive mega‑donors as key supporters of groups active in the Minneapolis actions.
FBI Director Kash Patel announced recently the Bureau is looking into those funding the unrest. Another group called Indivisible Twin cities has been involved in organizing protests. The organization has received millions of dollars from George Soros’ Open Society Foundations.
Student groups at the University of Minnesota and several labor‑aligned coalitions helped coordinate turnout, but the operational backbone comes from national activist infrastructure rather than spontaneous local outrage. Fox News Digital has highlighted the Party for Socialism and Liberation and The People’s Forum as core mobilizers, both heavily subsidized by Singham.
Unfortunately, his move to Shanghai in 2017 after he sold his IT consulting company for $785 million has placed him beyond the reach of U.S. subpoenas, even as his dark‑money network continues to fund groups opposing federal immigration enforcement. A 2023 New York Times investigation detailed his alleged CCP ties and the quarter‑billion dollars he has funneled into opaque U.S. organizations, some operating from little more than UPS mailboxes. Singham, the 71-year-old U.S. citizen turned Shanghai resident reportedly shares office space with the Maku Group, a Chinese media company that is funded by Singham and is associated with pro-CCP propaganda, including a mission to “tell China’s story well.”
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Reports note Singham ran afoul of federal law enforcement when the FBI investigated him for being “engaged in activities inimical to U.S. interests” in 1974. The House Oversight Committee launched an investigation into the millionaire in June 2025 over allegations that he also funded the anti-ICE riot in Los Angeles.