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Are you ALL Aware of This?

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.

Update:

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.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Damn straight. This is common knowledge to anyone who knows anything about history...

    Source(s): lawyer
  • 1 decade ago

    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.

  • 1 decade ago

    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?

  • 1 decade ago

    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.

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    a ******* is a ******* regardless what lable you want to use. For the most part there is some positive for all things, now you know the plus for HIV

  • 1 decade ago

    I haven't had that though in over 50 years. I am concerned about illegal aliens not immigrants or naturalized citizens.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Yes, Since they pointed the gun and told Lopez to sign the treaty he had no choice but to sign!

    America was the aggresor to the Mexicans in the American-Mexican War!!

    At least some American Citizens converted To Mexican Citizens at that time! LOL

  • 1 decade ago

    duh- but you are generalizing just like you are blaming others for doing.. just because your last name is Perez, Gonzalez, or Rodriguez does not mean you are Mexican either.. they could be from Puerto Rico, or Cuba, or South America... they could be citizens, legal immigrants, or illegals...

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Nobody thinks that, Tool.

    Take your race-baiting and go home, wouldja?

    They DO look at marches of thousands of illegal immigrants flying the American flag upside-down while demanding rights, and wonder where in the world those people get off.

  • 1 decade ago

    Not if your family came over on the Mayflower...I have family on both sides that came to build this country from England.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    And before that, Mexico owned just about everything west of the Mississippi river. It was all part of Mexico - they took it from Spain.

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