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• - Article by Barry Farber
  
• - 1998 Rally against immigration
  
• - "Nothing more vividly testifies against that romantic faith in America's ability to continuously assimilate new members than the events of October 16, 1994 in Los Angeles. On that day, 70,000 people marched beneath "a sea of Mexican flags"
  
• - Argues that "Our southern neighbor is not shy about expressing its intention to conquer the American Southwest, which Mexico regards as territory lost in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hildalgo in 1846"
  
• - University of New Mexico student organization which encourages the independence of the U.S. Southwest and Mexican North. Site includes related news items and maps.
  
• - Mexico's Dream of 'Retaking' the Southwest
  
• - Argues that "The Fox plan [of unrestricted immigration] is an absurdity on its face, because it would not only open up the United States to the unlimited drug smuggling and other unpleasantness bred in Mexico but also because only Mexicans would make
  
• - Discussion of the evolution of the bilingual education debate from its origin in the Civil Rights Act (1964) and the Bilingual Education Act (1968). Covers concerns of reconquista.
  
• - Links, quotes, and videos on Reconquista.
  
• - Expresses concern that Mexican nationalists are "gearing up a movement to carve out of the southwestern United States - a region (called Aztlan) including all of Bush's home state of Texas"
  
• - "A radical Hispanic movement's dream to retake the southwestern United States is becoming a reality with the aid of Mexican and U.S. policies, according to some immigration watchers." [WorldNetDaily]
  
• - Newslinks and quotes expressing concern about Mexican immigration.
  
• - Article from Aztlan.Net quoting Mayor Hahn as saying "Our city is a Mexican city, and Mexican Americans have greatly shaped our cultural, political and commercial landscape."
  
• - "Spanish-language media propagates immigration, 'Reconquista' of western states"
  
• - Reproduction of a full-page ad printed in the Los Angeles Times in 1997.
  
• - Article by Barry Farber [NewsMax]