Several student groups at New York University (NYU) have continued their ire and displeasure with an event hosted by the College Republicans last month which trivialized the immigration debate. According to NYU’s student newspaper, a coalition representing four political and cultural student organizations rejected the College Republicans’ invitation to participate in a debate on immigration and instead opted to hold their own debate next month.
In addition, a Latino student group wants the College Republicans to apologize for their disrespect and “lack of sensibility” during the "Find the Illegal Immigrant" event. In response, the president of the College Republicans refused to apologize and claimed that the coalition was acting “childish.”
We’ll leave the last (and most accurate) word to the head of Political Spectrum, a nonpartisan debate group:
"The problem is that both sides are breaking the communication process. It seems that the two sides are not really trying to have a real discussion on actual policy issues - instead I see an inflammatory stunt and people not wanting to talk about the issue."
Links- The Latin Americanist,
Image- 1010 WINS (Hundreds of demonstrators protesting the "Find the Illegal Immigrant" event at NYU)
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