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The Mexican Rioters in California claim they are fighting to take back THEIR STOLEN land. They claim California is Mexico and it is Stolen Land. That's why they're carrying Mexican flags and burning the American flag.

The Mexican Rioters in California claim they are fighting to take back THEIR STOLEN land. They claim California is Mexico and it is Stolen Land. That's why they're carrying Mexican flags and burning the American flag.

Guess what? NO!\

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, signed on February 2, 1848, officially ended the Mexican-American War (1846–1848). Under its terms, Mexico ceded 55% of its territory to the United States, including present-day California, Nevada, Utah, most of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and parts of Wyoming, Kansas, and Oklahoma.

Mexico also relinquished all claims to Texas and recognized the Rio Grande as its southern boundary.

In exchange, the United States paid Mexico $15,000,000 and agreed to settle claims made by U.S. citizens against Mexico. The treaty was negotiated by Nicholas Trist, a U.S. diplomat, despite being recalled by President James K. Polk. The U.S. Senate ratified the treaty on March 10, 1848, and Mexico ratified it on May 19, 1848.

In 1853 the USA offered Mexico $10,000,000 to make the Gadsen Purchase.

The Gadsden Purchase was an agreement between the United States and Mexico in 1854, in which the United States paid Mexico $10,000,000 for a 29,670 square mile portion of Mexico that later became part of Arizona and New Mexico. The purchase was made to secure a good route for a railroad across the Southwest to California. It is named after James Gadsden, a U.S. businessman who helped bring about the purchase.

This treaty significantly shaped the modern U.S.-Mexico border and had lasting political consequences in both countries

Additional USA land purchases: Louisiana Purchase from the French for $15,000,000, Alaska from the Russians for $7,200,000, and the Panama Canal Zone from Panama for $10,000,000 plus $250,000 yearly. The US paid France $40,000,000 for their failed work on the canal.

All told, the US spent over $350,000,000 just bringing the Panama Canal to Market. The human toll was about 25,000 dead. Many were Americans, but most were West Indians.

 

 

EXCLUSIVEDR PHIL: I know what REALLY led to the ICE raids that triggered the LA riots... and it's not what the reckless media is telling you

By DR PHIL MCGRAW FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
Published: 17:05 EDT, 12 June 2025 | Updated: 17:27 EDT, 12 June 2025

Over the past several days, all manner of allegations have been made about legal and targeted federal immigration enforcement operations in Los Angeles — and my apparent involvement in them.

So many of these claims are untrue, provoking unnecessary distractions and more of the destructive rage that already pervades too much of our political dialogue.

So allow me to set the record straight.

Despite the so-called 'reporting,' I was not actually 'embedded' with Immigration and Customs enforcement officers making arrests during the raids in LA on Friday, June 6.

I was privy to the parameters of the operation and conducted an on-camera interview with Border Czar Tom Homan the evening before the Friday operation and on the Saturday morning afterward for broadcast on MeritTV.

I was also present for a multi-agency briefing early Friday morning at ICE's LA headquarters involving the FBI, ATF, US Marshal Service and the IRS. I garnered additional insights from Mr. Homan as we drove through the area Friday.

And contrary to what's been reported — or more accurately, not reported — in the mainstream media, federal activities on June 6 did not conduct a random round-up of illegal immigrants in Los Angeles.

Rather, their coordinated multi-agency operations were conducted pursuant to a duly authorized federal search warrant — not a rumor nor hunch.

To obtain a search warrant, the government is required to present evidence to a federal judge who will evaluate if there is probable cause to issue such a warrant and that was done regarding a particular company in LA.

The primary business targeted in Friday's operations was Ambiance Apparel, which, I'm told, is suspected of involvement in criminal activity.

And this is not the first time that this company has been in hot water. In 2020, the business and its owner, Sang Bum 'Ed' Noh were accused by federal prosecutors of undervaluing imports and skirting millions of dollars in tariffs. Ambiance Apparel pleaded guilty to eight offenses, such as conspiracy and money laundering, and Noh was sentenced to a year in prison.

Now, according to the White House border czar Tom Homan, the troubled manufacturer is being investigated again for alleged money laundering, tax evasion and customs fraud.After federal officers raided that company facility, they audited the workforce and reportedly encountered some 40 individuals believed to be in the US illegally. Following US law, they took those individuals into custody.

To obtain a search warrant, the government is required to present evidence to a federal judge who will evaluate if there is probable cause to issue such a warrant and that was done regarding a particular company in LA.

The primary business targeted in Friday's operations was Ambiance Apparel, which, I'm told, is suspected of involvement in criminal activity.

And this is not the first time that this company has been in hot water. In 2020, the business and its owner, Sang Bum 'Ed' Noh were accused by federal prosecutors of undervaluing imports and skirting millions of dollars in tariffs. Ambiance Apparel pleaded guilty to eight offenses, such as conspiracy and money laundering, and Noh was sentenced to a year in prison.

Now, according to the White House border czar Tom Homan, the troubled manufacturer is being investigated again for alleged money laundering, tax evasion and customs fraud.After federal officers raided that company facility, they audited the workforce and reportedly encountered some 40 individuals believed to be in the US illegally. Following US law, they took those individuals into custody.

I was at ICE's LA headquarters when these individuals were brought in, and I can report that these people were treated with dignity and respect, offered food and water and then interviewed.

In short, Friday operations were a strategic enforcement of the law — deliberate and legally sanctioned. But the response of some so-called activists, on the other hand, have been dangerous, destructive and utterly lawless.

Rioters attacked law enforcement officers throwing chunks of broken concrete and other projectiles at moving vehicles. Others blocked agents from doing their jobs. Still more rampaged through the city looting, destroying public property and even torching cars in the streets.

For what?

I've spoken extensively to Border czar Homan and President Donald Trump about their immigration enforcement goals, which are to close the southern border with Mexico, prioritize the deportations of the most dangerous illegal immigrants in the country, finally, to find an estimated 300,000 undocumented children who have gone missing over the last several years.

Some of these children have very likely found their way to families, but an untold number of these vulnerable minors have been pushed into prostitution and forced labor, and they need to be rescued.

Additionally, after these children are located, they'll require medical, psychological and sociological services to help them recover from the inevitable trauma that they've suffered.

Who among us would object to these priorities? Yet, Los Angeles erupted into chaos.

Where were these protesters when President Barack Obama was deporting 2.8 million illegal immigrants during his administration? Perhaps, today's 'activists' are motivated more by politics than principle.

The truth, though it may be hard to hear, can't be avoided: laws are not suggestions. They aren't 'optional,' and being a good person or worker does not grant immunity from them.

If these impassioned protesters really want change, they should show up in Washington, DC, to protest Congress or write to their representatives to demand legislative reform.

While the right to peaceful protest is the cornerstone of our democracy, the ICE agents who risked their safety to perform their jobs are neither politicians nor lawmakers. They did not put pen to paper to propose these policies – they are merely operating under a sworn duty to enforce the law, not rewrite it.

But throwing rocks at law enforcement officers? Blocking vehicles? That's not speech, it is criminal conduct, plain and simple — and it certainly should not deter ICE operations.

Make no mistake the violence perpetrated against ICE and other law enforcement officers is not a negotiation for justice. It is a demand for surrender. But that cannot happen.

If you want to change immigration policy — fine. Let's have that debate. Let's talk reform.

We need more truth, not more rage. And we need a media willing to inform, not inflame.