Soros-Linked Vera Told DNC To Downplay 'Migrant Crime' — Critics Blast Funding, Federal Contracts

A Vera Institute official, Insha Rahman, advised attendees at the DNC summer meeting to avoid emphasizing "migrant crime" and carjackings and instead focus on homelessness and mental health. The piece highlights the Vera Institute's funding links to George Soros and its history of federal contracts and grants, including work providing attorneys to unaccompanied children in deportation proceedings. Conservative outlets quickly amplified criticism, framing the guidance as evidence of Democratic messaging failures and raising questions about taxpayer-funded contracts.