Why do Mexicans and pro amnesty still claim America took away land that belong to Mexico ?

They lost a war, and are only now getting around to noticing? Wow! Wait until they notice that they are poor and their government is corrupt too! They might get up the enrgy to revolt! Google "treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo." Indeed read your history, and you'll see that we were actually invited to fight by the Mexican resistance. The land that we gained didn't displace the Mexicans - the Mexicans that lived there were granted full property rights, citizenships and constitutional protections.

READ IT AND WEEP MEXICO,YOUR GOVERNMENT HAS LIED TO YOU! Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search The Mexican Cession (red) and the Gadsden Purchase (orange)The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was the peace treaty that ended the Mexican-American War (1846–1848). The treaty provided for the Mexican Cession, in which Mexico ceded 1.36 million km² (525,000 square miles) to the United States in exchange for USD$15 million. The United States also agreed to take over $3.25 million in debts Mexico owed to American citizens. The cession included parts of the modern-day U.S. states of Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, and Wyoming, as well as the whole of California, Nevada, and Utah. The remaining parts of what are today the states of Arizona and New Mexico were later ceded under the 1853 Gadsden Purchase. The treaty was signed by Nicholas Trist on behalf of the United States and Luis G. Cuevas, Bernardo Couto and Miguel Atristain as plenipotentiary representatives of Mexico on February 2, 1848, at the main altar of the old Cathedral of Guadalupe at Villa Hidalgo (today Gustavo A. Madero, D.F.), slightly north of Mexico City. It was subsequently ratified by the United States Senate on March 10, 1848 and by the Mexican government on May 19, 1848; the countries' ratifications were duly exchanged on May 30, 1848, at the city of Santiago de Querétaro. However, the version of the treaty ratified by the United States Senate eliminated Article 10, which stated that the U.S. government would honor and guarantee all land grants awarded in lands ceded to the United States to citizens of Spain and Mexico by those respective governments. Article 8 guaranteed that Mexicans who remained more than one year in the ceded lands would automatically become full-fledged American citizens (or they could declare their intention of remaining Mexican citizens); however, this Article was effectively weakened by Article 9, written into the treaty by the U.S. Senate, which stated that Mexican citizens would "be admitted at the proper time (to be judged of by the Congress of the United States).

It seems that you, like the Mexicans you speak of, also have a limited proficiency with the English language. What is your point?

because they did. read your history books 1804:The Spanish colony of California is divided into Alta ("upper") and Baja ("lower") California at the line separating the Franciscan missions in the north from the Dominican missions in the south. 1850: Alta California is annexed by the United States The annexation of Texas by the United States in 1845 created a border dispute that would cause the Mexican-American War. This war resulted in the defeat of Mexico and as a result of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848), Mexico lost one third of its surface area to the United States.

yeah dude we took california, nevada, arizona, new mexico, texas,etc and stuff so um yeah

This land belonged to someone else before mexico stole it!

I love the US but we've done some truly horrible things to many peoples, then we write the history books to make it seem like american agression was warranted. Basically we put ourselves in the position were we can bully a weaker foe, then force them into what we want. Later we can claim that we didn't steal anything, we got it fair and square.

1. Only a small group of people truly believe that Mexico needs it's land back. 2. History is often changed for the benefit of the U.S. 3. "illegals" are not leaving without a fight. 4. Mexico was NOT stolen by Mexicans as most Mexicans were at least half Aztec so the land belonged to them. 5. Your founding fathers weren't that great (they were racist slave owners and therefore hypocrites).

Because its the truth at least part of it . The United States did pay for portions of Mexican land. The United States annexed Texas. The Interest part well ..... that is not true.