A Hispanic second grader and kindergarten student were sent home from school Friday for wearing homemade T-shirts that read “Latinos Forever” written in Spanish. Virginia. Now this is a slight over-reaction.

“The discipline came as thousands of students across the country and hundreds in Prince William County left schools to protest immigration bills being debated in Congress.

Todd Erickson, principal of Occoquan Elementary School, told the Potomac News that he was concerned the T-shirts would disrupt classes because a protest–the fourth in a week–was taking place Friday in Woodbridge. “

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