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6/27/2025, 3:30:13 PM
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The US didn't steal them, Javier, they won them.
It was a war and mexico lost. The ceded half the country because it was better than being conquered outright.
>(The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo) ended the war, and Mexico recognized the cession of present-day Texas, California, Nevada, and Utah as well as parts of present-day Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Wyoming. The U.S. agreed to pay $15 million (equivalent to $467 million in 2023) for the physical damage of the war and assumed $3.25 million of debt already owed by the Mexican government to U.S. citizens. Mexico relinquished its claims on Texas and accepted the Rio Grande as its northern border with the United States.
This is a long settled matter and only chicanos in the US with more pride for the country they fled make this argument.
The US didn't steal them, Javier, they won them.
It was a war and mexico lost. The ceded half the country because it was better than being conquered outright.
>(The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo) ended the war, and Mexico recognized the cession of present-day Texas, California, Nevada, and Utah as well as parts of present-day Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, and Wyoming. The U.S. agreed to pay $15 million (equivalent to $467 million in 2023) for the physical damage of the war and assumed $3.25 million of debt already owed by the Mexican government to U.S. citizens. Mexico relinquished its claims on Texas and accepted the Rio Grande as its northern border with the United States.
This is a long settled matter and only chicanos in the US with more pride for the country they fled make this argument.
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