In July, the Middle East Forum released a report claiming that the Department of Homeland Security had approved $25 million between 2013 and 2023 to groups with “documented links to foreign terrorist organizations.” Within a month, DHS moved to cancel and review grants made out to those groups.

DHS documents, first reported on by Fox News Digital, indicate the agency has cut $8 million worth of grants, with one official saying that, although the agency is conducting an independent review, it took the report from the Middle East Forum “very seriously.” The Middle East Forum’s report highlighted DHS grants provided to organizations such as the Dar al-Hijrah Islamic Center, which DHS’s internal document flagged as linked to Hamas and terrorist financiers, and the Islamic Center of America, whose congregants regularly express support for Hezbollah.