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Originally Posted by Mule
I dis-agree that the times are more complicated. I also disagree with your comparison to previous immigrants. First, previous immigrants were by and large, legal immigrants, and second, I don't recall any of them saying they had a more legitimate claim to the USA than America does. Third, they assimilated, this is far different than the re-conquista approach of this wave of illegal immigrants.
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Ah yes, the umentioned dispute gets mentioned. You see, up until 1840s California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, Nevada, and parts of Colorado were part of Mexico.
That is what sets these immigrants (legal and otherwise) apart from previous waves. You say they don't have a more legitimate claim to those US areas than we do. You say we won that territory fair and square in a war and treaty (of Guadalupe Hidalgo). I agree with you. Even though that treaty was negotiated while the US Army occupied Mexico City.