that they didn't cross the border, the border crossed them?
2006-08-04 07:57:29 · 9 answers · asked by PentelPilot 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
Almost all of the Mexican families that were in said areas at the time either fled back to Mexico or willingly became part of American society over the intervening 150 years, so that's not exactly a valid argument. Besides, if you know your history, any "claims" that Mexicans may make to such lands have no foundation in any international law; we took the territories as terms of the treaty--spoils-of-war, so to speak--the same way we took much of what is now Appalachia from the British at the end of the Revolutionary War.
2006-08-04 08:09:00 · answer #1 · answered by giovanni9686 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Then they illegal immigrants would still cross borders because this isn't about where the border is but about what the laws of a country say. And laws are to be obeyed.
2006-08-04 15:01:47 · answer #2 · answered by rltouhe 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm sorry to say, but any of the parts they took back would soon become just as impoverished as the rest of Mexico. California has one of the largest economies in the world, and it ain't just because it's a nice piece of real estate. Mexico ain't poor because America "took" their land. I'm no Republican, but blaming others for your situation is usually BS. Why do YOU think Mexico is impoverished & America is wealthy? You think it's a matter of LOCATION?
2006-08-04 15:05:01 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Then what would stop Russia and England from coming back at us.
And what about the First Americans? Don't they have the best claim of all?
2006-08-04 15:00:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
That's exactly what the Jews did in Palestine in 1948.
2006-08-04 15:01:29 · answer #5 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would be a war they don't have the resources to win. DWI Bush is a fool, but he's not giving up the good ol' southwest!
2006-08-04 15:01:06 · answer #6 · answered by Carol R 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, and what if space creatures came down and freeze-rayed all the people who couldn't mind-meld....
2006-08-04 15:01:31 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Then there would be a war.
2006-08-04 15:01:30 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
and that would make what diference at the time?
2006-08-04 15:00:54 · answer #9 · answered by Obilee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋