Mexican aliens seek to retake 'stolen' land

[Keith]

Mexican aliens seek to retake 'stolen' land

DENVER -- La reconquista, a radical movement calling for Mexico to "reconquer" America's Southwest, has stepped out of the shadows at recent immigration-reform protests nationwide as marchers held signs saying, "Uncle Sam Stole Our Land!" and waved Mexico's flag.

Even as organizers urged marchers to display U.S. flags, the theme of reclaiming "stolen" land remained strong. One popular banner read: "If you think I'm illegal because I'm a Mexican, learn the true history because I'm in my homeland."

"We need to change direction," said Jose Lugo, an instructor in Ethnic Studies at the University of Colorado at Boulder at a campus march last week. "And by allowing these 50,000, 50 million [immigrants] to come in here, we can do that."

The revolutionary tone has surprised even longtime immigration watchers such as Ira Mehlman, the Los Angeles-based spokesman for the Federation for American Immigration Reform.

"I've always been skeptical myself about this [reconquista], but what I've seen over the last few weeks leads me to believe that there's more there than I thought," Mr. Mehlman said.

"You're seeing people marching with Mexican flags chanting, 'This is our country.' I don't think that we can dismiss this as youthful exuberance or a bunch of hotheads," he said.

Hispanic rights leaders insist there's nothing to the so-called reconquista, sometimes referred to as Aztlan, the mythical ancestral homeland of the Aztecs that reportedly stretches from the border to southern Oregon and Colorado.

Nativo Lopez, president of the Mexican American Political Association in Los Angeles, one of the march organizers, was infuriated when a reporter asked him about the reconquista

[apothanein kerdos]

That's just the other extreme on the issue. The land was taken in war by conquest....that's merely how things work.

[Cyrrylia]

I do not remember the Aztecs having such a large amount of land...

[Giaour]

But they are only here because the do jobs Americans won't do, right?

[apothanein kerdos]

But they are only here because the do jobs Americans won't do, right?

Exactly. This land belonged to Meixco for only about 100-200 years....hardly a justifiable claim to take it back. Add to it, if they did take it back, they'd lose all their jobs because Americans would no longer be there to employee them...

[Marnie]

The native Canadians tried pulling that same stunt didn't they, back in the '80's? Doesn't every conquered nation try that these days?

Bring in the lawyers...

[followerofjesus]

Remember the Alamo!

[Guest nofear]

Well I figure, this is a problem America made for it's self. If immigration issues were taken seriously in the recent past, we would not be where we are today.

I call this consequence.

[tah]

Well I figure, this is a problem America made for it's self. If immigration issues were taken seriously in the recent past, we would not be where we are today.

I have wondered that a million times..

How in the world did this situation ever reach such a horrific state to begin with..

this did not happen in a few short years ..

this has been a long time deal...

It is really very heartbreaking it has gotten so out of hand..

They Have to do something...they have no choice...

many will be hurt and many will profit....

but there is just no way everone is going to like a fix..

[JustinM]

If we won't take our own sovereignty seriously, what makes us think anyone else will. If we are not going to secure our border and protect our land, I am really not surprised we now have Mexicans trying to claim it as theirs. It's like leaving a toy in the yard and neglecting it, for years, then some kid walks by and takes it and then all of a sudden we want to claim it as ours. We need tough border control laws and we need to strictly enforce them.