Kamala Harris, California’s next attorney general, ran a program that trained illegal alien felons for jobs, kept them out of jail and even helped to clear their criminal records.
After those aspects of the program received local news media attention, Harris corrected the system but still allowed for illegal aliens already using the program to finish her program.
In the run-up to November’s elections – where Harris won the slimmest victory in the Democratic statewide sweep – the news media released a slew of glowing profiles of the aspiring politician, casting her as a rising national star, comparing her to Obama or even labeling her as the “anti-Palin,” as one Politico article put it.
She’s California’s first African-American attorney general and the first woman to hold the office.
A program entitled, “Back on Track,” became a centerpiece of Harris’ campaign for attorney general. It works with offenders to help provide them jobs in the place of jail time.