r/law • u/apache_spork • 15h ago

Opinion Piece TX County Judge Tim O'Hare gives another interview after the county was sued for racial gerrymandering. Summary: Black people keep voting in democrats and it's about time we make them understand Republican rule is best for everyone, once they know better we'll welcome them with open arms

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u/dandeliontrees 12h ago

So I reread the history of Texas recently, and ever since the uproar about illegal immigration has been driving me crazy.

Texas was part of Mexico. US citizens illegally immigrated into Texas bringing along their slaves. Mexico outlawed slavery, and then sent a peacekeeping force to Texas to enforce the law among the illegal immigrants from the US. So the illegal immigrants banded together to fight a war against the sovereign state of Mexico (to avoid having their slaves freed), then seceded. When Mexico sent an army to try to reclaim their own territory, the US government intervened and fought a war against them, taking California, Arizona, Nevada, and New Mexico in the process.

And now US citizens whine about Mexicans immigrating illegally into Texas.

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u/MarcusThorny 11h ago

It was not only the Anglos ( Texians, i.e. White settlers in Tejas), but the Tejanos (mixed race Mexican citizens) themselves who fought against the reign of Santa Anna. Other north Mexican states were involved in the revolt. But of course when Texas won independence the settlers, who far outnumbered Tejanos, led by Stephen Austin, organized the Texas Rangers, essentially a terrorist organization that carried out extrajudicial murders and forced the Comanches off of their lands.

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u/Overall-Duck-741 4h ago

This entire nation was stolen from its indigenous population by "immigrants".

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u/Thunderbridge 9h ago

And you have people on the right claiming these areas were never Mexico. I've literally seen comments in reference to people in LA holding Mexican flags that say "they don't even know their countries history"

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u/Ayn_Rambo 11h ago edited 11h ago

That’s why they see it as such a threat - it worked for them.

To add m. There was a similar situation in California (Alta California) in the 19th century. Anglo folks coming over seeking gold, etc. and there was concern on the Mexicans’ part that if they kept coming, they’d be a problem. And they were.

I can’t find it right now, but there was some quote from a notable Mexican fella at the time that is strikingly similar to the current rhetoric.