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Kamala Harris Regrets Parents Arrested Over Her 2011 Truancy Law

Paul Bois

In an effort to distance herself from the “Narc” label that has permeated her campaign from the outset, making her less appealing to the Democratic Party’s progressive base, Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) now says she regrets having “criminalized parents” by helping to pass a truancy law in 2011, according to HuffPost.

Kamala Harris helped pass the law while district attorney of San Francisco. The law imposed fines and jail time on parents whose children had a 10% unexcused school absence record and was even one of Harris’ signature issues.

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