Mexico lost over 55% of its territory to the US in the treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, following the Mexican-American war, which the US incited to preserve slavery in Texas.
@maeve That is why any serious succession movement in California and Texas at least, that is not racist at its core, is a movement to re-join mexico
Occupied Alto California
@maeve Not my president
(Because mine is a woman from Mexico)
@maeve The original draft made California legally bilingual, Congress removed that from the final version.
I mean... lots of land boundaries still follow those of the old Spanish land grants.