Sen. Kamala Harris expressed 'regret' over the 'unintended consequences' of a 2011 California truancy law, which she supported as the state attorney general and which she said led to the criminalization of parents
Washington Sen. Kamala Harris on Wednesday expressed"regret" over the"unintended consequences" of a 2011 California truancy law, which she supported as the state attorney general and which she said led to the criminalization of parents.
The presidential hopeful said in a clip posted by the podcast "Pod Save America" that it was"never the intention" that parents of children who missed too much school would be criminalized. "My regret is that I have now heard stories that where, in some jurisdictions, DAs have criminalized the parents," Harris said.
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