A mother in Pittsburgh is furious after her 17-year-old daughter was pulled out of class and told to register to vote—without her consent.
To make matters worse, the school’s staff allegedly pushed a blatant political agenda, suggesting that “if Donald Trump was elected, Black people would be doomed.”
In a viral TikTok video, Kay Montana shared the distressing experience her daughter, Nyla, went through, claiming “Pittsburgh Public Schools” not only registered her to vote without her permission but also was subjected to political indoctrination.
“My 17-year-old daughter was pulled out of class and told she needed to register to vote. Not only was she told how to register, she was told who she should vote for,” Kay said in her viral video.
“Why would you all pull my daughter out of class and tell her who to vote for? I am her mother, and I have yet to have this conversation with her about the upcoming election. I have not signed any consent forms allowing my daughter to register to vote at school.”
Nyla is currently 17 years old and will turn 18 on October 5th. As Ms. Montana has mentioned, she still has an entire month left to register to vote with her guidance.
According to Ms. Montana, the school didn’t tell her anything, and her daughter just randomly texted her to say she registered to vote.
Below is the transcript of Montana’s conversation with her daughter Nyla:
Daughter: They made me register to vote today. I didn’t want to, but they forced me. I said I’ll do it another time, but then she told me I had no choice, which I think is a lie. I’m not even 18 yet.
Kay Montana: Who made you, and what party did you choose?
Daughter: It was a woman, and Democrat.
Kay Montana: Did they tell you to pick that? And who was the lady?
Daughter: I forgot her name. I’ll find out tomorrow, and yeah, basically she kept saying how it would be bad if I picked Trump because of what he was doing to the Mexicans and stuff. I wasn’t really paying her much attention.
Kay Montana: Where was this lady? At your school?
Daughter: Yes, my school. She pulled me out of class to register. I asked to do it another time, and she said I really couldn’t.
Kay Montana: I’m pissed! She had no right to fill your head with lies and choose what party you are registering for. I am your mother, and I will talk to you about that. You won’t even be 18 until the 5th!!!
Daughter: Yeah, she was definitely telling me all this bad stuff about Trump, saying we Black people are doomed and are going to be finished if they let Trump back in. I’m like, “Ma’am, please!” That’s what I said. She said I had no choice but to do it at that time.
Kay Montana: I’m calling up there tomorrow. This is total disrespect. If we vote for Kamala, we are doomed. She really tried to fill your head with lies.
Kay Montana wasted no time confronting the school staff responsible for the incident.
In a recorded conversation, she challenged the school’s actions, accusing them of projecting their political views onto her daughter.
When pressed on the allegations that her daughter was told Trump’s presidency would “doom Black people,” the staff member fumbled through an explanation, failing to take responsibility.
The school staff claimed it was a misunderstanding, but Kay and her daughter’s recollection paints a different picture—one of coercion and political manipulation.
Below is the transcript of the conversation:
Minority Inspector: Okay, what’s going on?
Kay Montana: So yesterday, you pulled my daughter out of class, and you told her that it was mandatory for her to vote.
Minority Inspector: No, I didn’t say it was mandatory.
Kay Montana: So that’s what she told me. These are her words: she said it was mandatory that she votes.
Minority Inspector: No, ma’am. But go ahead, finish telling me.
Kay Montana: And that you projected your fears and insecurities on her, telling her if Donald Trump was elected, Black people would be doomed.
Minority Inspector: Oh no, ma’am. Let me say this: I am a minority inspector for 10, 16. And you know, as a minority inspector, you never, ever, ever discuss politics or your beliefs or anything like that.
Kay Montana: So can we call my daughter down here? Because at this point, you’re making it like she’s a complete liar. My daughter has never told me someone said anything like this to her.
Minority Inspector: No, ma’am. This is what happened. I did call her down to register to vote because we’re registering all the 18-year-olds to vote.
Kay Montana: She’s not 18. She’s 17.
Minority Inspector: Yes, but she turns 18 before the election.
Kay Montana: Yeah, but I could have taken my daughter to register her to vote. I did not ask for you all to register my daughter to vote. I have not even spoken to her about the election yet. I am not a Harris supporter. I am a Trump supporter.
Minority Inspector: Yes, ma’am. She told me that.
Kay Montana: So for you to tell her anything, and now it’s like you’re saying she’s lying. So now I want her to come down here.
Minority Inspector:Listen, I’m not saying your daughter is lying. What I’m saying is that I did call her into my office, I did register her to vote, and we did have a conversation about it. She did ask me about Trump, she did ask me about Harris. So we started a conversation about what’s going on. I wasn’t projecting anything on her. I was just talking about things going on in the world.
Kay Montana: Yeah. Did you tell her about the border being unsecure? Did you tell her about all the illegal criminals in this country right now?
Minority Inspector: So we did have a conversation about the border, and we did talk about the border policies and all of that. We did have a conversation about everything. Let me just say this: I apologize to you for offending you, because that was not my intention. I was not trying to project any of my political beliefs onto your daughter or anything like that.
Kay Montana: That’s why I don’t understand why the conversation even happened. What consent forms did I sign saying I was okay with my daughter being registered to vote in school? She’s still 17 years old.
The daughter admitted that she didn’t care about the conversation and felt pressured to register.
When pressed on the matter, the school staff apologized for registering the daughter without parental consent. Kay Montana wasn’t satisfied with the weak apology.
Kay Montana: Now, when she said she didn’t tell you the stuff that you told me, did you tell her that Black people would be doomed if Trump becomes President?
Daughter: Yes, she did.
Minority Inspector: I didn’t say Black people would be doomed if Trump becomes President. We did have a conversation about policies and different things like that. You were asking me questions, and I was telling you about some of the policies he had.
Daughter: I don’t think I was really asking questions. I was more like, “Right, yeah, right.”
Kay Montana: So you were just agreeing, talking?
Daughter: No, I don’t really care about it, so I wasn’t really engaged in the conversation as much. I was just like, “Okay, right.”
Minority Inspector: So you didn’t ask me any questions at all?
Daughter: No.
Minority Inspector: Okay. Well, this is what I’m going to say: I apologize for registering your daughter to vote. At this point, she has registered. If you would like to change that—
Kay Montana: Yeah, I am. Because it should not have been done in the first place.
Minority Inspector: If you would like to change anything on that form, you’re welcome to do that.
Kay Montana: I know that.
Minority Inspector: You can go online and do it. I didn’t feel like I was projecting anything onto her because—
Kay Montana: You are, by telling her anything. You’re saying you didn’t say Black people would be doomed. She’s saying you said it. I’m going to believe my daughter because she wouldn’t lie to me about something like this. Why would she lie?
Daughter: I asked if I could do it later, and you were like, “No, you have to do it now. It’s kind of mandatory.” And I’m like—
Minority Inspector: Did you feel like I was pressuring you?
Kay Montana: Yeah, she said she didn’t want to do it at that moment.
Minority Inspector: Did you feel like I was pressuring you?
Daughter: Yeah, I expected to do it another time. I didn’t really know if it was mandatory or not.
Minority Inspector: Okay. Well, obviously, we’re going to agree to disagree on this conversation. I apologize if you feel like you were pressured. I apologize for registering your daughter to vote without your consent, without you having the opportunity to have a conversation with her or even check anything online. All I can say right now is I apologize.
Kay Montana: Yeah, I’m calling the news also.
At the end of the video, Montana said, “I’m taking my daughter out of this school. She doesn’t feel comfortable here anymore, and I don’t either. This is beyond unacceptable.”
According to Montana, the principal was present the entire time but didn’t say a single word to her.
“The principal was sitting there the entire time. She did not say one word to me. The principal was there. So, yeah, she didn’t really have anything to say.”
“I’m still calling the Board of Education. No answer, no call back. So that’s pretty much where I’m at right now at this moment.”
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What’s new? “BRAINWASHING & INDOCTRINATION” is alive & well!!!
Look what they are doing insofar as the influx of 20+ million “ILLEGAL ALIENS” in schools~
Under President Biden in fiscal year 2023, the United States absorbed more than 3 million illegal aliens—the highest number in its history. Since public schools must enroll minors regardless of immigration status, unchecked illegal migration over the past three years has possibly cost the public education system billions of dollars. Large influxes of non-English-speaking children also has a negative effect on the classroom. Not only must the federal government secure the border and prevent illegal migration, but states can, and must, also take action.
Key Takeaways
Since Joe Biden became President in 2021, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection has encountered nearly half a million unaccompanied alien children.
Public schools must navigate educating migrant children, regardless of immigration status, not to mention instruction and classroom struggles.
In just four states in one year, absorbing the influx of migrant children into public schools may have cost taxpayers almost three-quarters of a billion dollars.
The Issue
Under President Joe Biden in fiscal year (FY) 2023, the United States had the highest number of illegal-alien encounters in its history, with more than 3 million individuals entering the country illegally. There are currently no reliable counts of total enrollment in public schools of children who were brought to the U.S. illegally.
Background
Since Joe Biden became President in 2021, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has encountered more than 470,000 unaccompanied alien children. (This analysis only considers the unaccompanied alien children released to sponsors in FY 2023, and as such, is an undercount as it does not include those who entered the country with a family unit.) The CBP transfers
unaccompanied children to the custody of the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), a government agency under the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which is charged with providing social services until children are placed with a sponsor.
The U.S. Supreme Court held in Plyler v. Doe (1982) that public school districts must enroll minors, regardless of their immigration status. Four examples from FY 2023:
In California, 11,121 unaccompanied alien children were sent to sponsors, according to ORR data. Although the exact number of unaccompanied children who attended public schools is unknown, at $16,975 per pupil spent by California schools (combined federal, state, and local spending), that equates to an additional cost of about $189 million for one year if all those children enrolled in school.
In New York, 8,477 unaccompanied alien children were sent to sponsors, according to ORR data. New York spends $28,261 per pupil, making the total additional cost to taxpayers close to $240 million for one year.
In Texas, the ORR released 16,394 unaccompanied alien children to sponsors. At $13,900 per pupil, per year, those additional students cumulatively cost nearly an additional $228 million for one year.
In Arizona, 861 unaccompanied alien children were released to sponsors, according to ORR data.
Arizona spends $11,625 per pupil annually, leading to an additional cost of more than $10 million to Arizona taxpayers for one year.
In just these four states in one fiscal year, absorbing this influx of migrant children into public schools may have cost taxpayers almost three-quarters of a billion dollars. (Author calculations.
Estimates of education spending: $188,778,975 for California; $239,568,497 for New York; $227,876,600 for Texas; and $10,009,125 for Arizona—for a total of $666,233,197.) Nationwide, the CBP encountered 145,474 accompanied and unaccompanied minors in FY 2023. Based on the national average spending of $16,345 per student, if each such child enrolled in public school in FY 2023, it would increase national education spending by more than $2 billion for one year.
Understanding the Impact
In addition to the significant financial burden imposed on state and local governments to educate migrant children, there are also concerns of misuse of school property, classroom management, and English proficiency. Each of these affect learning and academic performance.
Misuse of School Property. The surge in illegal immigration has led to the improper use of school facilities. In New York, for instance, students were sent home from school and were compelled to switch to online learning to allow migrants to shelter in the school gymnasium.
Classroom Management. School districts are forced to enroll a massive and sudden influx of migrant students into classrooms. At two Texas high schools in the Austin Independent School District, teachers were forced to instruct students in hallways and conference rooms to accommodate the 400-plus migrant children who were recently enrolled. New York Public Schools have had to absorb some 20,000 migrant children for the 2023–2024 school year.
Limited English Proficiency. Unaccompanied children arriving in the U.S. typically do not speak English. This poses additional challenges for teachers, who must then navigate classroom instruction and classroom management issues with children who may not understand content or instructions.
Policy Recommendations
Unchecked illegal immigration over the past three years has had adverse effects on public education. Not only must the federal government secure the border and prevent illegal migration, but states should also take action.
States should:
Require school districts to collect enrollment data by immigration status as part of their regular enrollment counts.
Make this anonymized data available to the public so that accurate cost analyses can be done, which would better inform policy.
Pass legislation that requires public schools to charge tuition for unaccompanied migrant children as well as children who are in the U.S. with their illegal-alien parents. Such legislation would draw a lawsuit from the Left, which would likely lead the Supreme Court to reconsider its ill-considered Plyler v. Doe decision that had no basis in law. This reconsideration is warranted because the large number of unaccompanied alien children and mass illegal migration have significantly changed circumstances for states and localities.
States and the federal government should:
Refuse the use of public schools to house or otherwise accommodate illegal aliens.
I applaud mom for standing up for her and her daughter. smart lady. and what the hell is this “Minority Inspector”? is this just some other wasted position that taxpayers are supporting?
These Democrats are desperate to stay in power. To do something like this to force a young girl to vote and who to vote for? They are stepping right on our freedom to be free. I would sue the whole bunch.