Catch An Illegal' Protest At U.T.-Austin Totally Backfires
An ill-fated attempt by a conservative student group to mock undocumented immigrants on the University of Texas at Austin campus has backfired.
The Young
Conservatives of Texas called off an event called “Catch
and Illegal” planned for Wednesday in which participants would have
chased down people carrying signs reading “illegal immigrant” and turned
them over to the student group in exchange for $25 gift cards.
The backlash against the aborted immigration round up game was so strong, however, that instead U.T.-Austin hosted a pro-immigration reform rally. Some 500 students, including undocumented immigrants, attended the rally against the game at the Texas university, the San Antonio Express-News reports.
The Young
Conservatives of Texas called off an event called “Catch
and Illegal” planned for Wednesday in which participants would have
chased down people carrying signs reading “illegal immigrant” and turned
them over to the student group in exchange for $25 gift cards. The backlash against the aborted immigration round up game was so strong, however, that instead U.T.-Austin hosted a pro-immigration reform rally. Some 500 students, including undocumented immigrants, attended the rally against the game at the Texas university, the San Antonio Express-News reports.
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