Why are Mexican flags displayed at protests?

WHO ARE THE PROTESTERS IN AMERICAN WEST?

IS MEXICAN RECONQUISTA POSSIBLE?

 

Proposed Mexican Reconquista map

Watching protests on TV, it was hard not to notice many Mexican flags, signs protesting the 1848 Guadalupe Hildago treaty,  and signs stating, " make America Mexico Again". Looking into this further we see that these protests, while most visible at Donald Trump rallies, have been going on in the southwestern United States for many years. These protests have been associated with other candidates and often are in protest to U.S. immigration laws.

The most well known group is "La Raza",  which means "The Race". This group has received $15.2 million in government grants, $7.9 million for grants for charter schools and undisclosed amounts for get out the vote efforts.   Another group is the Chicano Student Movement of Aztlan (MECHA), this group is represented on many college campuses in the southwest since the 1960"s. These groups teach that, Colorado, California, Arizona, Texas, Utah, New Mexico, and Nevada make up an area known as "Aztlan", the ancestral homeland of the Aztecs before Europeans arrived in North America. As such, it belongs to the followers of MECHA. These are all areas America should surrender to "La Raza", once enough immigrants, legal and illegal, enter to become a majority. This plan is referred to as the "Reconquista" or reconquest of the western United States. They reject the idea of assimilation into the United States. They do not want any border between the U.S. and Mexico and espouse an open immigration plan. It has also been reported that some in the government of Mexico have encouraged this movement and has given duel citizenship to many who are American citizens.

While not all members of "La Raza" are espousing the more radical agenda, this movement seems to have grown. It is diametrically opposed to the proposed policies of Donald Trump, as they all want an open borderless region with Mexico. Personally , I doubt that the majority of Mexican immigrants would want to be repatriated back under the Mexican Government. This idea is not only being espoused in the United States, but also in some South American countries where there is a movement to repatriate all land back to anyone whose ancestors were the original inhabitants.

So now you will be able to view the protests with another point of view, I believe this will be a long hot summer.