QUOTE(kalmia @ Mar 27 2006, 10:59 AM) [snapback]50614[/snapback]
Mexico is just a remnant of the Spanish empire, so those claims of land are weak.
Spain gave up the rights to all of their territory above the current Mex/US border before the Mexican War for Independence so any claims would be null.
QUOTE(kalmia @ Mar 27 2006, 10:59 AM) [snapback]50614[/snapback]
I don't know what's in the bill, but I doubt I'd support it.
It makes being an illegal alien a Federal Felony, it also criminalizes giving any kind of aid to illegals (including Dr.s & nurses treating them, teachers having their children in class, priests giving them the sacrements, etc.), make it a felony to leave the country if you're illegal (?!), make the DoD responsible for some of the surveilance along the Mexican, Canadian & Maritime borders, and establish a Border Patrol unit for the American Virgin Islands, among lots of other provisions (you can look
Here for the contents, info & text, of the bill).