Mock Immigration Sting At UT Austin Canceled
By Mónica Ortiz Uribe, Fronteras
News spread quickly Monday about a mock immigration sting being organized by a student group at the University of Texas at Austin.
The UT chapter of the Young Conservatives of Texas planned a kind of game in which they encouraged students to find and “catch” volunteers wearing T-shirts that read “illegal immigrants.” The group promised to reward each catch with a $25 gift card.
The event was planned for Wednesday, but the uproar against it by elected officials and university leadership was so great, it is now canceled.
The Texas Tribune reports YTC campus chairman Lorenzo Garcia said organizers of the event feared retaliation by the university.
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