Conservative Student Group to Pay $25 to 'Catch' Undocumented Immigrant in Mock Immigration Sting

College is a time to shake things up. It’s a time to be controversial. It’s a grace period where you can get away with the majority of your mistakes. However, some decisions have lasting ramifications that don’t simply fade away, especially when politics are involved. Those messes tend to stick, and one student group at the University of Texas at Austin have yet to learn from its mistakes.

The same conservative student group that hosted an affirmative action bake sale earlier this fall is now organizing another controversial event in form of a mock immigration sting. On Wednesday, the campus chapter of Young Conservatives of Texas will hand out $25 gift cards to those who can “catch” an undocumented immigrant, which will be a group of volunteers wearing “illegal immigrant” labels, The Horn reports.

The mock sting is intended to “spark a campus-wide discussion about the issue of illegal immigration and how it affects our everyday lives,” YCT chapter chairman Lorenzo Garcia wrote in a statement. The group describes itself as a non-partisan organization on a mission to eliminate a state law that allows undocumented immigrants to pay the cheaper in-state college tuition rates if they graduate from a Texas high school.

In an email, Attorney General Greg Abbott’s campaign distanced itself from the event, claiming that it had no affiliation with the “repugnant effort,” The Texas Tribune reports. "Illegal immigration and the failed policies of the Obama Administration are not a joking matter," the campaign wrote. "Conservatives should not stoop to the level of liberals, who shenanigans at the Texas Capitol this summer, including chants of 'hail Satan' during Senator Davis' filibuster to allow abortions after five months, did nothing sidetrack the Texas Legislature."

Back in September, the group organized a bake sale to protest affirmative action. In a skewed attempt to voice their opinion, they charged different prices for baked goods depending on the customers race. The group will continue to draft up creative ways to spread its conservative views.