Did Parent Revolution Bribe and Blackmail Undocumented Immigrants in California Parent Trigger Fight?
With Florida republican senators obliged to pass Parent Trigger this session to serve Jeb Bush’s political interests, it’s crucial to remind Floridians what those senators have to ignore. With House sponsor Carlos Trujillo affirming that controversial charter school advocacy group Parent Revolution can operate in a Parent Trigger effort in Florida “under first amendment protections,” a clear picture of how the group operates must be made clear for Floridians. Writing in NSFWCORP (subscription required) Yasha Levine reveals more details of the coercive strong-arm tactics the group used on Adelato, California citizens.
Turns out that Mary (not her real name), who had a second-grade daughter in Desert Trails, had good reason to join the campaign. Chrissy says she had serious problems with her immigration status and was facing deportation. Parent Revolution promised to make those problems disappear. It was an offer than must have been hard to resist: help a group pull off its trigger campaign or face deportation and the possibility that she’d never see your family again………She was in a heap of trouble. She had gone to a lawyer, who told her that there was no way around this other than you
