Young Conservatives of Texas Cancel its “Catch an Illegal Immigrant Game”
We covered the outrage expressed at a University of Texas conservative student group that hosted an “affirmative action bake sale.”
But its most recent event garnered such a serious threat from the administration, that the game was over before it began.
A conservative student group at the University of Texas has cancelled their “Catch an Illegal Immigrant Game.”
The Young Conservatives of Texas said Tuesday they feared retaliation from campus officials who called their plan a violation of the university’s honor code. Members planned to wear signs that said “illegal immigrant” and offered $25 gift cards to students who caught them and turned them in to the club.
Group spokesman Lorenzo Garcia acknowledged the idea was “over the top” but said the university should not silence student protests. Garcia said the goal was to spark debate over immigration reform.
Texas law allows students who came to the United States illegally to pay in-state tuition, something many Republicans want to repeal.
University officials said all students must treat one another respectfully.
Conservative student group cancels 'illegal immigrant game' after official warning (Fox News)
Comments
I live in Austin and I must say that I think this stunt was stupid and counter-productive. What exactly does an ‘illegal immigrant’ look like in a state that is roughly 50% mexican or other latino heritage?
There was a lot of debate on local talk radio and one of the kids from the group called in and said what they were trying to accomplish was to shift the public debate away from “what can we give the illegal immigrants fro free” to “how to we identify illegal immigrants and send them home?”
I applaud their objective, but I think their method failed and actually hurt the cause. We need to persuade more Latinos to embrace the conservative cause… but this attempt just reeks of racism.
What a shame! Sounds like a fun game! So many people are sticks in the mud!!! Political correctnexss is another term for, bore me to tears, thank you very much!