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Article #281Re: Mx Consul in Atlanta Blames U.S. for Mexico's Disregard for U.S. Immigration Law
From: James H. Hood
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2006 21:06
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2006 21:06
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Johnny Fusion Gun <sststr@yahoo.com> wrote in message news:1142193038.192308.14960@i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > > James H. Hood wrote: > > <eglamkowski@angelfire.com> wrote in message > > news:1142009229.236580.142020@u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com... > > > Not that I approve of what's going on, but let's get some historical > > > perspective here. Most of the US Southwest was once part of Mexico. > > > We got it from the mexicans 170 years ago by doing what they are doing > > > back to us today - sending settlers illegally into the other's > > > territory. > > > > Uh, no.....ever heard of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, and what prompted > > it? > > It started quite a bit earlier than that, however. > Particularly it began with Texan independence, which was prompted by > extensive immigration into Texas of US citizens. > > Texas declared independence from Mexico in 1836, largely driven by US > immigrants who had moved into Texas in the preceding decade (the city > of Austin was founded by US immigrants, for example). > > Texas was admitted to the Union in 1845. > > The treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was 1848. > > > Thus the issue significantly predates your treaty. Texas was the sole area Mexico posessed that was seeing a significant amount of Anglo immigration, and comprised but a small fraction of the land ceded by Mexico under Guadalupe Hidalgo.
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X-Google-Thread: fa15f,f062473aaf3d6669 X-Google-Thread: 10e1e4,f062473aaf3d6669 X-Google-Thread: f59be,f062473aaf3d6669 X-Google-Thread: 101049,f062473aaf3d6669 X-Google-Attributes: gidfa15f,gid10e1e4,gidf59be,gid101049,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!g2news1.google.com!news2.google.com!news4.google.com!news.glorb.com!newsfeeds.sol.net!posts.news.twtelecom.net!nnrp3.twtelecom.net!not-for-mail From: "James H. Hood" <jhhoodDIESPAMMERDIE@urdirect.net> Newsgroups: ga.general,atl.general,tx.guns,dc.general References: <1141535126.643745.255950@i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <GZKdne5yiPiiepfZRVn-vg@sedona.net> <KHKOf.5729$gm.3667@tornado.texas.rr.com> <120p80l68k7039@corp.supernews.com> <1142009229.236580.142020@u72g2000cwu.googlegroups.com> <441386fc$0$14123$39cecf19@news.twtelecom.net> <1142193038.192308.14960@i39g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: Mx Consul in Atlanta Blames U.S. for Mexico's Disregard for U.S. Immigration Law Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2006 15:06:49 -0600 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 Lines: 37 Message-ID: <44148d8f$0$3760$39cecf19@news.twtelecom.net> Organization: Time-Warner Telecom NNTP-Posting-Date: 12 Mar 2006 21:07:28 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 8278f40f.news.twtelecom.net X-Trace: DXC=Qdc<ZH7ON_0BnH\hm<?3K0C_A=>8kQj6==_1NR_H?JP=2\AXJoVLca4eTH>mCZSCA1O<CiXXCGk07 X-Complaints-To: abuse@twtelecom.net