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Originally Posted by Mini Dev  1/3 of Mexico was stolen by the Americans giving them less space to live and taking their native lands. |
It was closer to 1/2 and that is a load of crock. Native Lands? The US Mexican war was not a war of "natives" and invaders but two governments set up by foreign entities. Mexico is the remains of what had been a huge empire conquered by Spain. It begin falling apart even before they declared their independence from Spain the same way the US did from England. What's more the Mexican government encouraged US citizens to settle in their territories then took their right to rule themselves away from them. Sound familiar? The war was nothing more then the citizens WHO LIVED THERE deciding for themselves who would rule them and the two governments duking it out in support or opposition to them. The borders were determined by a treaty by both governments and additional land was sold to the US AFTERWARD by the Mexican President. It had nothing to do with Native vs anyone else in any way.
The U.S.-Mexican War . Interactive Timeline | PBS
As for Illegal Immigrants in the past I have supported them coming here for an education
and then returning to make their country better. Now I don't support even that because of the crises that the continued disdain for the law on the part of massive illegal immigrants has caused. An increase in the number of unregulated poor is NOT good for the US and does nothing for Mexico either. If Mexico is that poor they need to fix it themselves instead of spreading their poverty here. If, on the other hand, they want to stay they need to do it legally or all it shows is a disdain for the law and dams them and their children into a poor situation that cannot improve. 10 months is not a long time compared to the rest of their lives and the lives of their children.