That in1846, after the Mexican-American war and the annexation of hundreds of thousands of square miles of Mexican territories to the US, many, many thousands of Mexican nationals became US citizens practically overnight?
So the next time you see someone whose last name is Perez, Gonzalez or Rodriguez and think to yourself "goddamned wet-back", think twice, because his/her family tree of US born ancestors could be larger than yours.
2007-06-17T21:41:01Z
MY POINT IS That there are many ignorant people here that think that HISPANIC and AMERICAN can't go in the same sentence, while the fact remains that someone can be HISPANIC and have a 150 year old Family tree of US born ancestors at the same time.
snowdrift2007-06-17T21:11:14Z
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Damn straight. This is common knowledge to anyone who knows anything about history...
WE could look at practically every country on the planet and go back to when they became a country and see who they took land from. Should we reinstate the Roman empire and all of it's lands, or how about the Medes or the Persians.
Don't be a schmuck. None of us were alive during this war so it is irrelevant to the current discussion.My relatives fled Germany when things got bad there, so I'm not taking crap for what happened in Mexico over a century ago.
I don't have a problem with Mexicans. I have a problem with illegal aliens. There just happen to be 12-20 million that are Mexican.
And your point is? If you are saying that because this happened in 1846 we should give 20+ MILLION Mexican nationals citizenship "practically overnight" you are NUTS!
BTW, I'm a SMITH. I think my family tree in the US is probably fairly large. Even if Perez is bigger, SO WHAT?
i think that most people who dont like mexicans simply dont like them because they are under the incorect impression that all mexicans are illegal immigrants. i personally have nothing against mexicans who have been living here for their entire lives or legally immigrated. its the millions of them that come here illegally that i have a problem with.