@BlueandGray1864 The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, 1848, following Mexican-American war granted American citizenship to Mexicans who chose to stay in t

@BlueandGray1864 The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, 1848, following Mexican-American war granted American citizenship to Mexicans who chose to stay in the United States

They were allowed to keep their language and culture, but faces massive amounts of racism and forced assimilation