Story Created: Dec 4, 2007 at 7:14 PM MDT
Story Updated: Nov 7, 2008 at 11:28 AM MDT
this is the second time the student group has brought in someone to talk about illegal immigration and that has some students planning to protest the event.
"Hey we got a hate speaker coming in tonight, we don't want hate on our campus," one student shouted as he handed out flyers on the Boise State campus.
These students are busy gearing up, getting ready to protest a speaker they say is coming to campus to promote hate.
"I don't feel safe, I don't feel that I am welcome here, just because they are bringing this kind of speaker, you know, that are targeting a particular population," BSU Graduate Student Lucia Venegas told CBS 2 Eyewitness News.
The Boise State College Republicans are sponsoring a lecture with Chris Simcox, President of the Minuteman Civil Defense Corps. President of the student organization, Trevor Griggs says Simcox has a voice that needs to be heard on this campus in particular.
"It's such a liberal atmosphere, that we're more than willing to get the conservatives in this Valley thinking, and get them riled up because it helps our organization and it helps, you know, conservative thought throughout the Valley, and throughout the state," said Griggs.
Simcox says his organization provides an extra set of eyes and ears along the Arizona-Mexican border, trying to stop illegal immigrants from crossing over. He says his message isn't one of fear or hatred.
"When you're talking about the rule of law and saving human lives, protecting immigrants from being exploited, if that's hate than I think those students, their ideologies are a bit flawed," Simcox told CBS 2 Eyewitness News.
BSU College Republicans say they're only providing a place for Simcox to speak.
"This is a university, it's a campus, and we protest them sometimes, they protest us sometimes," Griggs told CBS 2 Eyewitness News.
"His presence on campus intimidates a large part of our non-dominant community on campus," argued a BSU Professor.
That's why many students and professors say BSU needs to be more careful about who speaks on campus and they plan on speaking out at Tuesday night's event.
Last year the College Republicans brought Robert Vasquez to campus to talk about illegal immigration. That event was also protested by a group of students opposed to having him speak.
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