is it true that americans are taking the water of the colorado river leaving the mexicans without water?
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Sort of... this is partially true.  As one of the largest water sources in the desert southwest, the Colorado River is one of the most fought-over rivers in the world.  After much legal fighting and arguement, the majority of the water in the lower part of the river was divided up between Arizona, Nevada, Utah or California with the Colorado River Compact of 1922.  \n\nThe agreement was amended in 1944 to ensure that Mexico would receive a minimum of about 1.4 million acre feet (about a 10th of the flow of the lower river).  However, by the time it gets to the border, it has been so drained (and picked up so much mineral run-off from farmland) that the saline and mineral levels are far too high to use even for irrigation.  As a result, the US has built a de-salinazation plant that processes all of the water at the border and sends it on to Mexico via canals.  By that point, it is really no longer a river in any real sense of the word and (except during floods) none of the water ever actually makes it to the Gulf of California anymore.
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No, they are coming here to take over. They do not want to be Americans.\n\nThe illegal Mexican immigrants are invading this country trying to take it over. It's encouraged by Mexico and the American businesses who use them for cheap labor. Their loyalty is to Mexico. They proved that during one of the first rallies when they took down the American flag, hung up the Mexican flag, and then hung the American flag upside down underneath it. THAT is how they feel about America. \n\nhttp://michellemalkin.com/archives/004869.htm\n\nThen the people who want to appease them pull out the excuses about how people who are not even alive now, and haven't been for hundreds of years, 'stole' the land from the American Indians. Even American politicians are carrying out this traitorous attack on our sovereignty! If this keeps up, the United States of America will become a 3rd world country, just like Mexico! Mexico's problems are not the fault of Americans, but they are becoming our problems because the Mexicans are invading us and bringing their problems with them.\n\nThe illegals make up about 5 % of the work force. The unemployment rate is about 4.5%. Keep in mind that the unemployment rate does NOT represent everyone who is unemployed. It only counts those who are collecting unemployment. Everyone else's plight is ignored. The unemployment rate if everyone was counted would be tremendous. We do NOT have a shortage of labor, we have a large surplus. The more illegals that come in and take our jobs at minimum wage or less (often less) puts more and more Americans out of a job. Most of these Americans are never counted in the unemployment rate if they do not manage to get unemployment benefits. Unemployment benefits are hard to receive.\n\nIllegals draw welfare by stealing people's social security numbers and identities. That means there are a lot of people being directly hurt by these people as well. Innocent people are having their credit ratings ruined, having IRS problems, and social security problems. If someone who has had their social security number stolen gets married, if either spouse dies or become disabled then they can be denied their benefits. \n\nMy family moved to the US before WWII. Those of my family that didn't make it over got killed by the death camps. Our family assimilated to the American culture. We didn't expect the Americans to change to suit us. The illegal immigrants from Mexico are not civilized like that.\n\nThey not only changed the National Anthem to Spanish, they changed the words. They already burn our flag and hang our flag upside down. They waved the Mexican flag during a lot of their protests. Some schools have stopped hanging the American flag and forbidden students from wearing clothes with any part of the American flag on their clothing all to keep from offending the Mexicans. It's nothing short of an attack of our country, not only by the illegal aliens, but those who seek to appease them. \n\nI am tired of the stereotype that Americans wouldn't do the work that illegals do. Illegals do all kinds of jobs for less than minimum wage which drives the wages down for U.S. citizens. Construction jobs are an example. There are lots of illegals doing construction jobs that Americans used to do because the companies can keep more of the profits if they pay less for the workers. All that does is make companies wealthier and Americans poorer. Illegals are stealing jobs that Americans have done for years. \n\n"Mexico is waging war on the U.S. through mass immigration illegal and legal, through the assertion of Mexican national claims over the U.S., and through the subversion of its laws and sovereignty, all having the common end of bringing the southwestern part of the U.S. under the control of the expanding Mexican nation, and of increasing Mexico’s political and cultural influence over the U.S. as a whole. \n\n \nCultural imperialism\n\n \n\nWe experience Mexi
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The English isn't right for what I believe your question is about. No. The Americans need to leave that country at once. What they were isn't what they are now.  They are invaders now.  Every person there has little rights as they cannot walk about or go to where they would. Since movement is restricted.  There are no civil rights of the people. You can thank all the parties that fight and do not fight for peace among men and women of all kinds.
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They come here through various methods, from walking, swimming, etc., there have even been tunnels discovered that are air conditioned to get here.  Out of the 3 million illegals that came here last year, about 1400 or so died in the desert.  That survival is not a requirement to be legal, nor should it ever be.\n\nWomen who are pregnant on the border are given free access to our hospitals free of charge to have anchor babies through ambulances.\n\nRight now, if there were a 1 mile train coming from Mexico brimming with illegals the train could not be stopped because they are a common carrier.\n\nThey pay 'coyotes' to get them across.  I knew a guy that stayed stuck in a car for 9 days straight from around Guatemala to get here illegally.\n\nDon't forget also that the Mexican goverment prints and distributes a manual how to get here and end run our constitution to stay.  They tell their people we are stupid.  It irks me to find out that they are right about our leaders.\n\nThere are communities, some not more than three feet on the Mexican side having as many as 150,000 people waiting for their chance to hop the fence and get in.  Some of those places are so dangerous the Mexican police won't go there.  \n\nThe Mexican army shoots .50 caliber bullets at our border patrol, according to them almost every day, to protect drug smugglers and human traffikers to cross.\n\nOur people on the border have been accosted by armies of illegals crossing over and assaulting them and thier families - the Mexican Government keeps trying to sue them for civil rights violations for protecting theirselves, their property, and their families.\n\nAnyway you can think of to get here, they get here.  And people on both sides can and do get hurt.
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any help?\nhttp://www.gdrc.org/uem/water/mexsaade.htm\nor:\nhttp://msucares.com/pubs/publications/p1939.htm\nor:\nhttp://www.ehponline.org/docs/2002/110-10/ss.html#diar\nor:\nhttp://www.uswaternews.com/archives/arcglobal/6mexfre.html\n\nhope something is useful!
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The Southwest belongs to the United States. It has since the 1800s. Why all of a sudden, are people claiming it belongs to Mexico? If Mexico wants it, then Mexico can just try to fucking take it. I'll be waiting for them, along with millions of other service members and armed citizens.
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It represents a large portion of the water available to the southwest and southern California.  Lots of people need lots of water, and this region doesn't have much water other than the Colorado River drainage.
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No and why would they? America had companies that slave labored their people and polluted the land. They then abandoned the Mexicans for Chinese Communist workers at half the price they paid the Mexicans.
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Technically, Spain at time owned the area from Texas all the way to California and all the way up north to Oregon. When the Mexicans won their independence from Spain in 1823, I believe, they inherited what was then New Spain or as its known, "Nuevo Espana". And yes, it did include Colorado. But in the 1840s, America wanted to expand all the way westward and Americans were moving to modern-day Texas. The Americans wanted Texas to become American. Mexico actually encouraged American immigration to the region because of two major reasons. The first region was the Texas territory of what was then Mexico was underpopulated with a few missionary outposts. Second of all, the citizens they had in the area the more government revenue they could have gotten. The allure of the Texas territory was the gold rush. However, the Mexicans had one caveat about American immigration to the region. The Mexicans outlawed slavery. The Americans felt that since they were paying taxes to the Mexican governnment that the Mexican government should just mind their business. (Sounds familiar)\n   Fast foward, Mexico sent troops to the Texas area to keep the Americans in line. The Americans fought against the Mexicans and defeated Mexico at the battle at the Alamo. Mexico had no choice but to give Texas its independence. It is important to note that Texas was an independent nation. Later the Americans bought about 1 million acres from Mexico called the Gadsen Purchase. It is also important to note that Mexico's hold over the far-flung reaches of their possessions north of the Rio Grande was weak at best. \n But the United States won the New Spain territory or after Mexican independence, New Mexico via the Mexican-American war. Technically to say that America belonged them isn't true as Spain only colonized Mexico in 1509. Simple subtraction find the western US belonged to Mexico(1848-1823) only 25 years. It belonged to Spain for (1823-1509) 314 years.
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I'm from Mexico, when I see people say this on TV, I think Americans are just stupid. I see kids drinking out of a hose everyday, when I was a teen, rather than go inside, I'd just drink out of hose and keep on playing. Parks are full of drinking foutains, and I don't see anyone staying away from them, I've never read on the newspapers people getting sick from the ciy water, never heard anyone on teacher meeting talkign about not letting children drink tab water. I have heard cases where the tab water was bad on really poor neighborhoods, but never the city. However, when I used to live in Texas, I would get flyers from the city telling the people not to drink the tab water, only to take showers with it. I guess Americans are dumb and only like too see what happens on the poor neighborhoods of Mexico and generalize this for the rest of the country.
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In my case, you're preaching to the choir.  However, there are probably some out there who have difficulty understanding that logic.\n\nIf a person chooses to body surf down Niagara Falls, should their survivors be able to sue the government? That makes about as much sense as Mexico suing us for endangering their citizens who are trying to enter OUR country ILLEGALLY.
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well actual mexicans ( not the spanish kind) are asian, every native american is asian anywhere in the americas from canada to chile , as for the mexicans not realising its probably coz mexico is so close to america and the ignorance has oozed off the yanks and travelled through the air into mexico
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isn't that what they are doing...in a clip mexican protesters were talking about having infantry...mexico has been educating it's citizens on how to swim across the border. so why wouldn't mexico want them to fight to stay here....it will happen if usa starts deporting!!! ppl need to wake up and realize that there is an invasion of usa!!!
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Wet feet from running across the Rio Grande River... er... you were talking about illegal aliens, weren't you?
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Some EDUCATIONAL Reading For Citizens\n\nhttp://www.newswithviews.com/Devvy/kidd185.htm\n\nI have friends who live in the Phoenix area that speak fluent Spanish. Over the weekend before the big marches on April 10, 2006, Spanish speaking radio was sending this message: "Hide what's in your heart today. We know in your heart your allegiance is to Mexico, but today use your head. Americans were upset about Mexican flags and our show of solidarity for reconquista. Now we must wear white shirts and wave the American flags being handed out. It will be difficult because we know in your heart your love is for Mexico, but hide it today."
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It is the land of Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, California, Nevada and Utah that the Mexicans claim we stole from them. We beat their butts in the Mexican-American War and  paid $15million for the privilege. Now they want to cry 'foul' and say we 'stole' it, losers. Here are some websites" \nhttp://www.boundless.org/2002_2003/features/a0000660.html\nhttp://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=186\nhttp://www.barnesreview.org/The__Reconquista_-Mexico_s_Dre/the__reconquista_-mexico_s_dre.html\n\nThe following website is blocked by Y!A so copy/paste it and take out the spaces:\n\nhttp://www. azt lan.net/ la_gran_ marcha.htm\n\nYou are required to be a legal citizen of the USA or have legal documentation to go there since it is PART OF THE USA and Mexicans just can't STAND it because it's OURS not theirs. \nThey are so JEALOUS!! \n\nAZTLAN belongs to the USA!!\n\nAnd THEY can't have it !!!  LMFAO
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No, they are eaten quite often by the natives who fish them out of the rivers.