[RobbyS]

There were maybe five thousand people north of the present border who were loyal to the Mexican government in 1848. Most of the rest were Indians. I think the Mexicans were actually outnumberd by the very Anglo-Mormons.

[Navy Patriot]

Yep, however the important fact is that Stephen Austin brought Anglo settlers to Texas starting in 1821 and lived peaceably and loyally under Mexican law and government until the Mexican Banditos began to rob and murder the Anglos. Being as the Banditos and the Mexican government were one and the same, Texican Anglos took up arms in self defense, eventually received help from Americans and defeated the thief, murderer, coward and megalomaniac Santa Ana who traded the southwest for his life. A bad deal, Houston should have taken both.

[Pelham]

Mexico didn't control anything north of the Rio Grande. That region was the nation of Comancheria, the land of the Apache and Comanche. Even the United States had trouble establishing control there, the Apaches were very tough fighters.

I like this idea of giving land back to its previous owners- so let's demand Mexico be returned to Spain in it's pre-1823 status as a Colony. They've convincingly demonstrated that they are utter failures at running a country on their own.