Texas Young Conservatives Cancel ‘Catch an Illegal Immigrant’ Event

[Archae]

Source: ABC News

After intense backlash, the University of Texas’s Young Conservatives student group called off their controversial “catch an illegal immigrant” event today.

In a statement, the YCT chairman and event’s organizer Lorenzo Garcia acknowledged that staging a mock hunt for illegal immigrants on campus and offering $25 rewards was “misguided” and “intentionally over the top.”
He added that members of the chapter feared retaliation.

“I spoke with our chapter’s members, and they are both concerned that the university will retaliate against them and that the protest against the event could create a safety issue for our volunteers,” Garcia said.

The Facebook group for the event, which was scheduled to take place on Wednesday has been deleted, but up until this morning, it was filled with negative reactions from fellow students to the event.




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"Feared retaliation?"

Like getting kicked off campus?

[jtuck004]

1. "Lorenzo Garcia" thought this was a good idea? Has he driven through Arizona lately? n/t

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

4. Part of the "some of my best friends" defense

"Hey, let's find one of "them" and make them head of the group! Then it's ok to be racist!"

[jtuck004]

6. Yeah, I suspect exactly that.

But it sounds like he was much more than a dupe, which is altogether sad.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

7. He probably feels he's "one of the good ones"

So much self-loathing I imagine.

[Divine Discontent]

9. a ring a ding ding!

we got a winner. spot on...

[Half-Century Man]

2. I'm guessing the counter event to "Catch an Illegal Immigrant" was

"thump a young dumbass".
How fucking stupid are you, to do something like this in a state with "Stand your Ground"?

Baka Yaro

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

3. Of course, it's because they would be the "victims"....

....of others.

Assholes.

[Deep13]

5. So, they realized that hosting a kidnapping event is a bad idea.

Well, it's a start, I guess.

[Divine Discontent]

8. Garcia? UGH! so, it's sorta like - see, I'm one of you all, in going after the illegals!... ?

his type are so sad. reminds me of the gay people who push anti-gay policy.

[DFW]

10. Retaliation more like this:

Their dorm toilets would all simultaneously start spewing their shit right back at them because the poor guys that clean them and keep them working just got chased off campus by a bunch of "Young Texas Conservatives."

[QuestForSense]

15. I'm worried there won't be enough shit to match the amount their founder alone is full of.

[Monk06]

11. "the protest against the event could create a safety issue for our volunteers,” As well it should.

The College GOP Sturmabteilung better stop pulling this sort of shit before someone gets hurt.

[JI7]

12. HAHAHAH, here is Lorenzo Garcia with his hero

[pinboy3niner]

13. Lorenzo Garcia quotes "one of the founders"...Emiliano Zapata

Why did confused Lorenzo Garcia quote Emiliano Zapata and claim it was our founder?
by Dee Dee Garcia Blase on Nov. 18, 2013

Poor Lorenzo Garcia. He is quoting the wrong “founder” and may need to go back and re-take history. Lorenzo Garcia and his chapter of the Young Conservatives of Texas are under fire for a controversial “catch an illegal immigrant game,” which calls for students to apprehend people wearing “illegal immigrant” labels in exchange for $25 gift cards.

According to Buzz Feed, Lorenzo said:

“They think if you are their race and don’t agree with them you’re an Uncle Tom, you’re a racist,” he said. “At least I stand up for my beliefs. I quote one of the founders, I’d rather die on my feet than live on my knees.”

But it was Emiliano Zapata, a leading figure in the Mexican Revolution against the dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz that said that, and last I checked, Zapata was not a founding member of the United States.

Mexican American / Chicano Activist, Viva Ramirez chimes in on Lorenzo’s confusion:

Wait just one minuto TIO TACO!!—That was a quote from Emiliano Zapata. Which one of the ‘founders’ were you referring to? Unless you were trying to quote “one of the founders” of the Mexican Revolution, then you just set a new standard for racist ignorance (pretty hard to do while standing next to Ted Cruz) DESGRACIADO!!! UT Austin should kick you out for embarrassing the institution with your stupidity. You’re obviously NOT a history major, so I’ll share a another quote with you that’s more fitting to your situation: “Ignorance and obscurantism have never produced anything other than flocks of slaves for tyranny…”–who would you attribute this one to, YOU GENIUS HISTORY SCHOLAR? Heres a hint: it wasn’t George Washington! BABOSO PENDEJO!

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http://tucsoncitizen.com/hispanic-politico/2013/11/18/why-did-confused-lorenzo-garcia-quote-emiliano-zapata-and-claim-it-was-our-founder/

[heaven05]

14. not surpising in the least

bravo, genius.

[MissMillie]

16. Here's what I don't get....

(and I'm going to preface this by saying that two wrongs don't make a right..... however)

“I have been called an ‘Uncle Tom.’ I have received emails and comments via social media filled with obscenity,” Garcia continued. “The reactions of some who claim that YCT is creating a demeaning or degrading environment on campus have been truly disgraceful.”

Their reactions are disgraceful?