Only in America: Proposed Texas textbook suggests most Latinos are illegal immigrants

Around half of students in Texas are of Mexican descent.
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A textbook on Mexican-American heritage approved by the Republican-controlled Texas Board of Education says Mexican laborers "were not reared to put in a full day's work," The Associated Press reports. Activists said the textbook "is deeply offensive" and contains "multiple factual errors," including a suggestion that most Latinos are in the country illegally. More than 50 percent of Texas' public school students are Hispanic.

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