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The Mexicans have no claim to the Southwestern United States because they sold it to the United States for $15 million on February 2, 1848
http://www.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/ghtreaty/

2006-11-18 10:35:52 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government Immigration

ARTICLE XII
In consideration of the extension acquired by the boundaries of the United States, as defined in the fifth article of the present treaty, the Government of the United States engages to pay to that of the Mexican Republic the sum of fifteen millions of dollars.

http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/diplomacy/mexico/guadhida.htm

2006-11-18 10:57:50 · update #1

ARTICLE III.
In consideration of the foregoing stipulations, the Government of the United States agrees to pay to the government of Mexico, in the city of New York, the sum of ten millions of dollars, of which seven millions shall be paid immediately upon the exchange of the ratifications of this treaty, and the remaining three millions as soon as the boundary line shall be surveyed, marked, and established.

http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/diplomacy/mexico/mx1853.htm

2006-11-18 10:59:34 · update #2

10 answers

Yes we know this already. The Mexicans lost a war that they foolishly believed would win and they paid for what they lost both with blood and money.

The people who keep saying "the border crossed" them are idiots and/or sore losers. If they were German they'd complain about Alsace-Lorraine and western Poland not being Germany's cause of World War I and II.

To cufin01... The Germans were also made to surrender at gunpoint... Duh. All wars end with one side being FORCED to surrender something, or is your liberal utopia too pleasant to get out of?

Do note that I dont agree 100% with how History turns out, but are you ready for another war then (which is the only way your "grieviances" will ever be redressed)?

2006-11-18 13:07:15 · answer #1 · answered by betterdeadthansorry 5 · 1 1

I think that's the Gadsden Purchase you're talking about, the 15 million bit. The treaty Of Guadalupe-Hidalgo was signed I believe IN Mexico City, more or less under the shadow of american cannon barrels. Mexico's land claims against the US are specious. They need to stand together as a people, as a country,
and fix their own problems. You put this brick on top of that one, and...anyway, the answers are pretty straightforward, but as long as they can milk one more dollar out of some gullible liberal activist, or a sleepy politician, that's what's gonna keep happening. I think the companies that like to hire mexican citizens should consider moving their companies to that country. Many companies already have operations in Mexico, and employ many people. If that business model is popular, then it should be continued. Get people working real jobs, earning better money, and taking care of their own problems right there at home, no more barbed-wire commute. Or, OR, they could take things 'over the top', and even open their OWN companies....just imagine...at any rate, the US/Mexico border fence still needs to be built.

2006-11-18 10:41:13 · answer #2 · answered by gokart121 6 · 4 0

Yes I've Seen It

Read It Yourself

http://www.u.arizona.edu/~mrankin/treatyofguadalupehidalgo.html

See Also
Gadsden Purchase

http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/diplomacy/mexico/mx1853.htm

2006-11-18 10:46:17 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2 0

That is not all. Texas once belonged to Mexico, but Stephen F Austin (his dad Moses actually) made a deal with Mexico that they could colonize parts of Texas. In exchange, they would have to all be Roman Catholic. Sure, the powers that be in Mexico were told, unaware that the settlers metaphorically had their fingers crossed. But then again, Mexico was "using" them as a buffer (think bear bait) against the aboriginal people of this continent, who had given the Spanish speaking setters quite a bit of grief and hassle. If I had to vote, I would say that the genocide northern Europeans conducted on the native peoples, along with the grotesque enslavement of the dignified people of the Mother Continent (Africa) are far more heinous activities than an agreed-upon settlement of a war. This business of being human can get messy at times.

2016-03-29 00:57:43 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

It's irrelevant, as far as I'm concerned. They had ample opportunity to dispute it, or keep fighting to get it back. Unfortunately for them, they were too cowardly or simply not smart enough, so it's now ancient history. If they didn't want to give up the territory, they shouldn't have signed the treaty, simple as that.

One thing I'm sure they fail to realize- even if we were to give back the land, that does not include the infrastructure, such as roads, buildings, etc. It'd be a hoot to see the Mexican faces when they get back an big, barren parcel of land, as opposed to modern homes, highways, clean neighborhoods (not to mention the billions of $) they would expect!!! Then they would just build more slums on it, and start sneaking across the NEW border.

2006-11-18 10:49:08 · answer #5 · answered by blotto 5 · 2 0

In mexico they teach the people in schools starting and a young age that America stole their land. Thats why they are so anti-American their and think this land belongs to them!

2006-11-18 11:00:58 · answer #6 · answered by Coke&TVdinner 2 · 3 1

Not yet. I really doubt any of the undocumented Mexicans go to U.S. based on a treaty.

2006-11-18 10:44:39 · answer #7 · answered by beez 7 · 1 1

Right

2006-11-18 10:37:44 · answer #8 · answered by jerofjungle 5 · 2 0

It was a FORCED one in case you don't know (I highly doubt you know it since it seems you only see a single side of history)
What about if you were US President and someone put a gun on your head and tell you SELL ME MIAMI and SIGN. I bet you would. The same happen with Santa Ana, something made in ancient times when there was no International Law, International Court where to claim injustice!!!!


By the way, I don't think all US people know about history, the whole thing, you guys only know what official history tell or what you are told to know or think.

2006-11-18 10:49:06 · answer #9 · answered by C6 7 · 0 4

that's correct

2006-11-18 10:40:19 · answer #10 · answered by katjha2005 5 · 2 0

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