Is there a conspiracy by Mexicans to take back the land they lost in TX, NM, AZ and CA?
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...you tell me.\n\n\nhttp://www.barnesreview.org/The__Reconquista_-Mexico_s_Dre/the__reconquista_-mexico_s_dre.html\n\nhttp://www.a ztlan.net/\n\nhttp://www.mayorno.com/WhoIsMecha.html
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If you're referring to U.S. policy and Mexican border runners, no I do not believe it's a conspiracy.\n\nBureaucracy is simply inefficient all around. There are almost no financial, social, or political pressures to remedy the situation, and in a capitalist/open society, sharp pressure from some interest group is required to force the gears to slowly grind.\n\nBureaucracy: If nobody really wants it, it can sit and collect dust while somebody collects a paycheck staring at it.\n\nIn fact, there are probably a great many pressures not to address the situation both from the immigrant population, the illegals themselves, and the businesses that hire them.  Does anyone want to pay more for labor if you don't have to?  Do their friends and family want them deported?  Do the illegals themselves want to be deported?  Would a business "doing the right thing" actually be doing a good thing to the person by sending them home?\n\nYou also probably get the border patrol "looking the other way" on occasion too. Maybe they know that the poor runner will just be back in a few weeks and might not be so lucky to get so far the next time. From what I've seen in reports, a great many Mexicans die trying to cross in the desert southwest. If you knew a person would not stop trying until they either got across or died trying, which is the compassionate solution: do your job or let it slide?\n\nAll just loose opinion of course, facts and results may vary.
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I would think about this:  Can you have them evicted, sell the land to legal Americans, and pay your bills while having them deported (isn't it a crime to overtake a dwelling)?\n\nJust a thought.  Legally, if it's in his name, it doesn't matter how it got there, it belongs to him.\n\nAsk an attorney.\n\nOK Mini:\nhttp://redtape.msnbc.com/2006/03/hidden_cost_of_.html\n\nNinety-five percent of the identity theft cases in Northampton were committed by illegal aliens," Morganelli said. "I really believe this is the No. 1 crime and security issue facing our country. But when we call immigration officials, they could not care less." \n\nhttp://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_290917.html\nhttp://bearcreekledger.com/2006/06/20/illegals-using-fraudulent-social-security-numbers/\n\nshe has no contact info -hope she checks back
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thank you to post above,  correct i have this problem in my state\n\n\nto nickhardy we didnt steal it from you we bought it Why not sue Spain or Portugal for your stolen land? It is no more ridiculous to demand it from them than it is to demand it from the United States. We bought it from your conquerors, fought for it with a brand new Mexico, and won. Too bad for you, that means... You're Mexican! and we aren't. End of story. That is who you are\nLa Raza's stupid...they don't even know the history that they're using to complain about. They complain about Texas being "stolen" from them, well, BULL!
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Well...let's look at their protest in May that hurt them more than it helped their "cause."  There were Mexican flags, signs in Spanish and there were more demands for rights that they don't have.  They made untrue claims that they were Native American (what a joke) insinuating North American Indian.  They were giving America and Americans the one finger salute, they refuse to learn OUR language.  \n\nThey continue to make up what they believe to be facts, as if they can change history like the Southwest was stolen from them.  They disrespect us in OUR country while getting all of the handouts that they don't pay into.  I think that it's simple.  They want America but don't want to be Americans.  We don't want them here anyway.
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Americans cannot own land in Mexico.\nDarn those double standards.
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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!!!
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It is the land of Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, California, Nevada and Utah that the Mexicans claim we stole from them. We beat their butts in the Mexican-American War and  paid $15million for the privilege. Now they want to cry 'foul' and say we 'stole' it, losers. Here are some websites" \nhttp://www.boundless.org/2002_2003/features/a0000660.html\nhttp://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=186\nhttp://www.barnesreview.org/The__Reconquista_-Mexico_s_Dre/the__reconquista_-mexico_s_dre.html\n\nThe following website is blocked by Y!A so copy/paste it and take out the spaces:\n\nhttp://www. azt lan.net/ la_gran_ marcha.htm\n\nYou are required to be a legal citizen of the USA or have legal documentation to go there since it is PART OF THE USA and Mexicans just can't STAND it because it's OURS not theirs. \nThey are so JEALOUS!! \n\nAZTLAN belongs to the USA!!\n\nAnd THEY can't have it !!!  LMFAO
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I don't think anyone would be satisfied by such an action.  After all, there is no special quality to the land in the American Southwest that draws Mexican immigrants.  Mexico is a physically beautiful country, no one leaves it because they like American scenery better.  What makes the American Southwest attractive to immigrants is the fact that it is American.  It isn't ruled by the incredibly corrupt Mexican government.  If we were to turn over Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California over to Mexico we would simply see massive migrations to other US states.
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no we didn´t use to run it we used to own it until stolen from us and for that matter also new mexico, arizona and california and nevada how do you think they got those names?
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No, it's not true. It's just shameless propaganda to add more hate to an already critical problem that is illegal immigration.\n\nWhat is taught in schools is that Mexico lost that territory because of Antonio López de Santa Anna. He's depicted as a villain in schools, that he "sold" Texas to the US and that his decisions led to Mexico to lose the Mexico-US war. In other words, what is taught in school is that a mexican betrayed Mexico and caused a great lose. Santa Anna wasn't all that a villain, he did good and bad things, but the official position is "a villain".\n\nThere are hate groups who promote ideas like that you mentioned. There are hate groups among "hispanics" as well, who actually claim that territory belongs to Mexico and one day it will go back to Mexico. As far as I'm concerned some of the big names of hispanics who promote such idea are actually american citizens, not mexican citizens. A lot of mexicans have a resentment with the US, slowly going off, but still there, and a general lack of trust to the US government, but the idea that they want that land back is, in general, BS. Some mexicans would claim that, it's a minority though.\n\nI took mexican history in a mexican school (a public one with government free text books), I was taught to hate Santa Anna, no more. We ara taught that the US army kicked us down there in Chapultepec (despite heroic efforts). Winfield Scott is very respected and is portrayed as a gentleman who had respect for his rivals (he lead the army that took Mexico City). The idea of that territory coming back to México was never ever mentioned. As you said, fanatical BS, and it comes from both sides of the fence and benefits mostly nobody, but just a few.\n\nThe "official" mexican history is twisted, not a faithful portray of events, but yet it doesn't portray the US as "the enemy" nor it propose taking back the lost territory nor pretend to teach hate for the US. Yet you can see a lot of hate against mexicans in Yahoo Answers and be sure that's not taught in US schools, you don't need a school program to breed hate.
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No but the US would be better off without ILLEGAL Mexicans\n\nThe US looses $5 Billion each year to Illegal Immigrants sending money back to Mexico... And that's JUST in Texas... In Southern California its $25 Billion...  It's destroying the US economy\n\nNo... this situation does not compare in the least to the AA community
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That sounds like a measurement problem where the surveys when they were made did not meet at the same point and as a result there is some land between to deeded parcels of land that legally doesn't belong with either parcel of land.\n\nIn Texas that is called vacated land and belongs to the state.
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There are speculation to the fact. But that is all they are; speculations. There is no hard proof to support it. The closest would be the Zimmerman Telegram from 1917. It was sent to the Mexican government and, if the US entered the war, ask if Mexico would join Germany and pursuade Japan to attack the US. In return, Mexico would get back Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico.
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It goes back to the US-Mexican War of the mid 1800s. A good part of the Western US was claimed by Mexico and not yet part of the US. The US fought a war and won and paid a pittance in reparations to the Mexican government - something like $20 million (Not sure of the exact amount, though.) The next year, gold was discovered in California and the year after (1849), California was made a state. The Mexican government has been bitter about this ever since, especially since the amount of wealth taken from the Sierra foothills in the Gold Rush was many, many times greater than paid to the Mexican government. There has also been some rumblings from Spanish radio that that is why there are so many Mexican-Americans in Los Angeles - that they're trying to take it back by culturally overwhelming the city. I don't know if that is true; I have just read about it in some mainstream media stories here in CalifonriMF \n\nMaybe you don't live in California or have heard this before, but it is a REAL sentiment among many Mexican-Americans. (I am not Mexican  American; I am just reporting what I have read.)
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lol I have to agree....Most come here to work and send there money back to mexico cuz our money is worth twice what thiers is.  Santa Annas last departing words where WE WILL RETURN...damn he wasnt lyin either, texas is full of them
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back to mexico maybee......