"Catch an Immigrant" nixed on Penn campus

Fri14Apr2006

"Catch an Immigrant" nixed on Penn campus

What do young Republicans at Penn State do for fun? They play a friendly game of "Catch an Illegal Immigrant". Nice.

The College Republicans at Penn State University wanted to enter the debate about the nation's borders by playing a "Catch an Illegal Immigrant Game."

People would be invited to "catch" group members wearing orange shirts symbolizing illegal aliens.

Amid the student outcry that ensued, they softened their plan to an illegal immigration awareness day in which leafleting and speech-making would let both sides air their views on immigration policies.

School officials supposedly nipped that in the bud, though the undertones remain:

Some who registered complaints with the administration said they saw uncomfortable likenesses to the original game, down to participants designated to discuss illegal immigration wearing orange shirts.

This "game" is apparently not new. Similar acts were staged last year in North Texas while students at UT Austin held a counter event against it.

Read the opinions from Penn State's newspaper.

Via / KnoxNews.com

Photo via Slapnose.com

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1. Jon ~ Friday, Apr 28 2006 | 13:01H:

What these students did sounds like a tasteless prank. It certainly is not what the Republican party is supposed to stand for. They should read up on their modern history and learn that Ronald Reagan,the greatest Republican president of this century, was also the most pro-immigration president in history.

Unfortunately, it seems that few politicians today have the mental ability to distinquish between the true conservatism of men like Reagan and the hype and fear-mongering of demagogues like Tancredo.

A real conservative is supposed to believe in family-unification, economic freedom, and less government. Today, too many co-opting the label, want government to keep families apart, stop individuals from economic initiative, and set up a massive government presence on the border. What ever this may be called, it is not conservatism.

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