SEATTLE - Immigration has become one of the hottest issues in America. An email from College Republicans is making the rounds at UW, announcing a planned game of “Find the Illegal Immigrant Tag” on the HUB lawn. The “game” is planned for Tuesday afternoon to call for the securing of American borders and a crack-down on illegal immigration.

This is not the first  protest the UW College Republicans have staged; in 2003 the group hosted an “Affirmative Action Bake Sale”. To prove that “affirmative action is inherently racist,” the price of cookies were based on the race of the purchaser. During the bake sale, College Republicans charged white students $1 for a cookie, while minorities paid between 25 to 95 cents based on their ethnicity and gender. The sale also offered doughnuts for 50 cents for everyone but Asian American and white students, who were not allowed to purchase doughnuts.

The UW College Republicans aren’t alone in hosting these controversial “conversation starters.” Similar events have been hosted by College Republicans at universities throughout the country, from UCLA to NYU. A counter-protest is scheduled for Tuesday at the University of Washington, organizers are describing their action as a “pro-immigration celebration”, probably organized by a bunch of apple pickin immigrants.