Burnt Orange Report, an excellent Texas blog, publicizes the following:
Well, the YCT (Young Conservatives of Texas) are at it again. This time they've organized a so-called "Immigrant Hunt" for this Wednesday, March 2nd on the West Mall on campus-- they have reserved the space from 11:00am-1:00pm. They recently organized a similar event at the University of North Texas (http://www.yct.org/illegal.htm) and appear to be emboldened by the post-9-11 anti-immigrant climate. They plan to wear color-coded anti-immigrant shirts and "hunt for immigrants" who will be YCT-ers dressed in brown for Latina/os, yellow for Asians, etc. and offer rewards...
Wonkette: "We look forward to their tribute to lynching." And pictures from a previous "hunt."
All this is reminiscent of Clayton Williams, the GOP candidate for governor in 1990 who was too big of a redneck even for Texas (though he came within a percent of beating Ann Richards). Couldn't find the smoking gun, just one reference, to the alleged "honey hunts" he held on his ranch: the story was he'd hire a bunch of hookers from the neighborhood Chicken Ranch and the good ole boys would "hunt them down." Presumably while singing a rousing chorus of "Texas Has A Whorehouse In It."
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