In light of recent events in regard to illegal immigration, several topics seem to have popped up, among them, the reconquista of the American West. Do you know what that means?  Do you support it?  I can hardly wait to read the answers.
122419
This is NO JOKE, people.\nThese people want to take California (and other south western states.) In case you weren't sure, it has already begun. If they want Calif. back...the only way we should give it is without any of the infrastructure that was designed, built and has been maintained by the U.S. \n\nThe land was theirs before, but now it's not. They should get over it. If they want to be Americans, no problem....but if you want to run around town with a Mexican flag, you should do it in Mexico. In case there's any confusion, if you're geographically challenged, that's south of San Diego! Bye bye!!! Hasta Luego! Que te vallas bien y nunca regresan!\n\nSeriously, though. You should go to the site below and read how racist these guys are. (Yes, the same ones who call me racist for wanting my government to enforce the law.) They want to take over what they consider to be already theirs. \n\nWAKE UP, PEOPLE!! This is not a joke, it's serious.
182229
My take is the same as yours - a lot of hoo-ha and then back to life as we know it.  Personally, given the total reality of situation, I don't see a whole heckuva lot changing when it comes to illegal immigration.  Too many people getting too much out of it.
244345
August 24, 2000 ( < Notice The Date)\nWeb posted at: 6:12 p.m. EDT (2212 GMT)\nhttp://archives.cnn.com/2000/world/ameri...\n\nFox calls for freer flow of legal immigrants, investment between U.S. and Mexico\nLooks to open doors between northern neighbors\n\nWASHINGTON -- Mexican President-elect Vicente Fox on Thursday called on the United States to spend less defending its southern border and more on investing in Mexico so that Mexicans won't feel the need to migrate north of the border. \n\nThe Last Ten Words Of That Phrase Makes Me LMFAOff\n\n\nA close, personal friendship with President George W. Bush has given Mexicos President Vicente Fox the opportunity to purposely allow (or even send) Millions of Criminals, Thugs, Anarchists, and Potential Terrorists to swarm over our southern border in breathtaking numbers. \n(Nearly half of all Illegal Aliens currently living in the U.S. came here since Bush became president in 2000.) \n\n\nShort Answer - With Troops On The Border, Foxes Whole Plan Gets Shot To Hell\n\nHes Been Working Very Hard For 6 Years, \nSending His Poverty To Us, \nSo He Wouldnt Have To Develop His Nation\n\nHe WILL Be Very Vocal About This\nAs He Has Been In The Past \nRegarding U.S.Immigration Policies
285466
@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@\n\nLeave Mexico alone.  \n\nIt is man-made division anyway!  How would anyone like to be on the other side of the less fortunate.\n\nI think it is usually the ones who are not getting ahead who are really afraid of others taking their patch.\n\nThe successful and purposeful people (not necessary rich) don't worry this much about migrants coming to steal their bread, rice, pasta, etc. They know if they work hard enough, they'll have their share!\n\n_________________________________________\nIt is like the dog that sits put guarding his bowl for his master to top it up, eats whatever is given, not much of a choice; \n\nThese dogs are similar to people who don't travel (besides some genuine cases of dislike for travels), people who can't afford to travel because they are losers waiting around their little plot ready to jump at newcomers who move around for their existence.  \n\nAt least these migrants (I only support legal ones) are doing something positive about their lives - taking charge of their destiny and being proactive for their existence.  They are those who don't believe that someone else own them their living!)\n\n\nVersus the other dog who leaves his bowl knowing where to find food elsewhere, finds what he likes, having choices!  and then when these winners cast their eyes besides them, they see nothing but the same old loser of a 'bowls-guarding dogs'!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Loser with mentality that because we are born on this patch, we have the rights to sit down and wait to be served??????\n\nThe quicker these mentality of birth rights are put in the right perspective, this world will have less losers.\n\nPeople who keep barking around their bowls are losers anyway.  So they can keep barking, nothing much will change.  \n\nThe hard workers win, it is nature's law, like it or not!\n\n------------------------------------------\n\n@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@
330684
Netjr..I enjoyed your thoughts. \n\nI am a legal American immigrant. My only beef with the current immigration topic is that illegal immigrants are being given a free pass for what my family and thousands of others worked so hard for. \n\nUltimately we should realize that we have no real say in this matter. the Dems and Republicans are salivating over who will inherit 11 million new votes. I guess we'll just let a few million in every 20 yrs or so.
564631
Oh my...\n\nI have never read such an uneducated opinion on US History in all my life...\n\nYes, I agree.....do some research, read some books... \n\nTHEY should get the blame? Hello-it was the EUROPEANS who came to the western land and brought slaves with them to work the land in this "new world".  The United States only abolished slavery after many years of bloodshed and pressure from the citizens...but they didn't welcome these former slaves with open arms... These men and women had to go through many more years of hell to get equal rights....\n\nAnd the Native Americans should feel lucky for the Casinos? Are you kidding me????? The Europeans raped their lands, their families, forced them to assimilate to "christian" culture....and they should be grateful???  To this day, the federal government is screwing the Native Americans.... \n\nGo to my link below...\n\nAnd, who do you think the United States are???? \n\nWe are decendants of slaves, Native Americans forced out of their lands, Hispanics, and yes...those Europeans you are talking about. It's not like those who created the US officially are a totally different type of people who went around "fixing" everything. \n\nThose that need to be blamed are long since dead.... but we can learn from their mistakes...and make sure we know the real history of what really happened....
179371
baby_balla_gaby, Chell, spd2romero@s... and latin_hussla all need to go back to school and learn something. For starters the USA bought the land from the Mexican government and not steal it. Yes our ancestors who came here took the land from the Native Americans living here at the time. All civilization came up form the Africa and Middle East regions and spread throughout the world. Asians did come across from Siberia to what is now Alaska a long time ago. So many of you really need to go back to school yourselves. Majority of the people who live in north America today are dececndts from either the Spanish and Europeans. The Native Americans were here centuries before but their ancestors came from Asia. \n\nIt seems to me that many of the people supporting illegal immigrants want to get rid of all laws in this land and everywhere else. Tell me I am wrong here but it is the truth. Like what was said before their were no laws in the land until the mid to late 1800’s. So you can’t argue about the past but you need to start thinking about the future. If the Mexican people rely on the money that their relatives send home then they are making their lives worse every day with that mentality. Instead of  going to the US for a better life why don’t you work on getting your government to fix your economy and not rely on someone’s else.
223191
Unfortunately or not, illegal immigrants can't claim the land that is no more theirs by now, after 158 years. And there hadn't been trapped any Hispanic population in the US after the Mexican Cession, so this 'ancestry lark' is on infirm footing. This situation reminds me of a very bitter period of Hungarian history right after WW1, when Hungary was ripped apart by other bordering countries and the diplomatic corps of the winner nations, and was reduced to its one third, so it lost 72% of its total area, by courtesy of the Treaty of Trianon in 1920. These annexed parts form the bulk of Slovakia, a large segment of Romania (Transylvania) and knobs of Slovenia, Austria, Croatia and Serbia. 64% of Hungary's population found themselves outside the hamstrung homeland. Still, we can't assert our rights to the lost areas, though 5 million of our fellow Hungarians still live beyond the borders and we don't plan 'reoccupying' these areas.  I think Mexicans go overboard, compared to this example. And the problem is that the Mexican government doesn't give a hoot to stop the exodus of illegal immigrants to the US, thus the States is to swallow the bitter pill.
421788
Right Back At You\n\n\n\nAs To The Reliability Of Your Data ....\nFrom The Small Print At The Bottom Of The Page\nOn The Link You Provided\n\nDisclaimer: \nThe nonpartisan Urban Institute \npublishes studies, reports, and books on timely topics \nworthy of public consideration. \nThe views expressed are those of the authors \nand should not be attributed \nto the Urban Institute, its trustees, or its funders.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHere Is \n" a link to disspell all myths about " ILLEGAL ALIENS \nFor You\n\nRead It And Weep\n\nhttp://www.theamericanresistance.com/articles/art2004jan04.html\n\nMyths and lies of illegal immigration\nArticles\n\nBy Kathy McKee; \nJanuary 4, 2004; \npublished in The Sonoran News\n\nBecause the pro-illegal alien lobby \nhas a bottomless pit of money \nand can hire PR people to spin (and fabricate) \nanything any way, \nthere are an undue number of myths and lies \nthat the public (and many politicians) \nhas bought into. \n\nThe FACTS are: \n\n1. It is NOT racist to call these people "illegal aliens" \nIn fact, "illegal aliens" is the only term used \nin federal laws and regulations to describe criminals \n(and they ARE criminals) \nwho come into our country illegally. \nThey are not illegal immigrants, \nnot undocumented immigrants, \nnot migrant workers, \nand not day laborers - \nthey're ILLEGAL ALIENS. \n\n2. Mexico is NOT a poor country. \nBy sending its teeming masses to our country, \nthat status keeps on rising. \nMexico has more resources per square mile than the U.S. \nand plenty of money to take care of its own people. \nWhy should the taxpayers of this country \nsubsidize Mexico's corruption? \n\n3. Illegal aliens are NOT necessarily coming here to work. \nLou Dobbs recently reported that \n33 percent of our prison population \nis now comprised of non-citizens. \nPlus, \n36 to 42 percent of illegal aliens are on welfare. \nSo, for a good proportion of these people, \nthe American dream is crime and welfare, \nnot coming here to work. \n\n4. Illegal aliens are NOT doing work Americans won't do. \nWhat jobs won't Americans do? \nIn most states, \nAmericans still clean their own houses, \ndo their own landscaping, \nclean hotel rooms, \nwork in restaurants and fast food places, \npaint houses, \nDO CONSTRUCTION WORK, \nwork in airports, etc. - \njust like we have the past 200 years \nbefore "our" government allowed these people \nto invade our country. \nThere are 18 million Americans who cannot find a job, \nso illegal aliens who are coming here to work \ndo so at peril to American workers. \n\n5. Illegal aliens absolutely do not contribute more than they cost.\nCertainly the millions in prison and on welfare \naren't contributing a dime to our economy, \nand the ones who are working often are paid in cash \nwith no deductions for taxes at all. \nThe ones who use fraudulent social security numbers \nand qualify to pay taxes and social security \nhave so many deductions for dependents \nthat they pay little if any taxes. \nWe have seen them pay less than $100 in taxes \nand get back $4,000 refunds \n(thanks to earned income tax credits and multiple dependents).\n\nSome bargain, eh? \n\n6. The economy does NOT depend on illegal aliens. \nSure, greedy CEOs (making $50 to $150 MILLION a year) \nand business owners depend on illegal aliens, \nbut due to #3, #4 and #5 above, \nthe only thing illegal aliens are contributing to \nis the collapse of our economy \nand making the rich richer. \n\n7. Without illegal aliens, \nthe price of agricultural products \nand other goods and services will NOT soar. \nThe definitive study on this subject \nis the University of Iowa's "How Much Is That Tomato?" \nThe study concludes \nthat 'since labor is such a small component \nof the end-price of agricultural products \n(which includes price to the growers, \ntransportation costs, processing /storage costs, \ngrocers' profit, etc.), \nusi
255855
The scenario you describe could very well happen here.  Especially if illegals receive amnesty and are able to bring tens of millions more of their relatives from back home.  They will pretty soon become a majority - at least in places like California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas.\n\nUnfortunately, most people refuse to look at history and learn its lessons.
552549
Of course it was.  I am from texas and it was most open form of illegal immigration in history.  But the historians will never say so, they will tell you about some bull that the mexicans where not really using it so it was free to claim.  Bull, and they know it, and no I am not mexican.  I am just keeping it real.  And no they had no right to ask, basically they didn't and thats when you get the alamo.  The people of america at that time didn't take no for an answer so they just took what they wanted by force.  I would of love it because you know what at the time that mexico had texas and california THERE WAS NO SUCH THING AS SLAVERY.  So I guess you can blame america for the creation and the ending of slavery.
193712
Well... its funny to see how americans (well mexicans are americans also) after being a melting pot of people from all over the world suddenly start to react against immigration and still think there is no racism involved. \nIt's OK that the Southern Staters now belong to the US, it was a useless bunch of desert anyway when Santa Ana sold it. \n\nThe real problem is not that, but that he was forced to sell it after the f... texans of Sam Houston rebelled against mexican goverment.\nSo, the argument that the Southern States belonged to the indians and the mexicans stole it for them is valid for the rest of all europeans who came to the Americas also, be it spanish, portuguese, english, dutch, french or what ever... \nAmericas (I mean the whole continent, not just only the US) belonged to the native americans which are more than 300 different cultures over all.\nIts only natural that those who have the bigger blood part of the original races of the continent (mexican mestizos) are claiming the land back.\n\nOh, and for the uneducted moron, the mexicans are indians, the spanish and conquistors were the same people, and trhe revolution was from 1910 to 1917 thats a while after the white settlers stole the indians their land of the "Wild West".\n\nI dont think that chris_p26 meant about going and selling cars when it has nothing to do with stealing land from natives and then wondering why they all want it back. Have an opinion if you want, by all means, but make sure that you know what your talking about first, and an opinion thats on the same lines of the argument.
492494
For those who are going to answer, he didn't ask that question, someone else did, and he was just commenting on why that would be posted in immigration...\n\nNow onto my answer\n\nThat question has nothing to do with illegal immigration. \n\nI do believe that the rationale behind these questions is just to get people fired up about how we as American's are catering to the illegal aliens blah blah blah, when they don't stop to think that there are so many people here who are legal and do speak spanish.
424192
I agree but the invaders here had to go on a long-ass ship ride, they deserved a break.  And honestly i am tired of hearing about that crap because it was a long time ago, those people then need to hear about it not the people today.\n\nMexicans are most definitly invading here and now!
215037
They Dont Want Us To Give Back That Land\nThey want to TAKE our country; they're already saying it's THEIRS\n\nSent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 7:35 PM \nSubject: VIDEO: HISPANICS ADMIT THEY ARE ENGAGED IN "CIVIL WAR" WITHIN THE UNITED STATES\n\nSource: Immigration Watchdog \n\nhttp://www.immigrationwatchdog.com/...\n\nThey openly state they have "The armor, the infantry and the artillery" to wage war here.This video PROVES beyond any doubt, the people marching in our streets under Mexican and other foreign flags, over pending immigration legislation, are engaged in a WAR against our nation.The U.S. Government has failed its duty to protect this land from these invaders; invaders who are openly stating they intend to takeover a portion of this land and carve out their own "Mestizo nation of Aztlan."\n\nClick below to play the video \n\n     http://tinyurl.com/pqzpe \n\nRead The Story-Watch The Video-You Decide
224572
Pretty sanctimonious for someone who confessed to doing the very same thing tonight, I think that is called hypocrisy, and you, like the NY Times, seem to keep leaving out the adjective illegal. None of us have an issue with legal immigrants we simply do not like it when the Mexicans jump the boarder and refuse to speak English or assimilate into our society. They are bringing this all upon themselves with the reconquista attitude and shoving their flag in our faces.\n\nUpdate;\nUnfortunately you are mistaken, yes, I am patriotic and clout our flag 'here' in the good old USA however when abroad in the many countries that I have been to, I do not do that, in fact I made every effort to learn as much of their languages as possible in the short amount of time I was there. As to my blog on Memorial day, hey, it is my blog and any visitor there is welcome to either comment (for good or bad) or leave, it is their choice but my blog of which it can not even be perceived as rubbing our flag In anybodies face unless you can not read very well, it is a tribute to our veterans.\n\nTo my statement in another question about assuming that that person is Mexican, that was a simple deduction based on the ignorant way that person composed the question, surely you can see that, oh I am sorry, no profiling.
266248
DC, you are a lying POS.  La Raza is closely linked to MeCHA, both of which are extremely racist groups.  Their only agenda is La Reconquista for the land they believe belongs to me.  They really think that the Southwest was stolen and needs to be taken back.  \n\nAt least if you are going to support it, have the balls to own up to what the organization truly is.  Poverty my culo!!!