Guadalupe Hidalgo

Latino voters could ironically be the voting bloc that returns the White House to Trump, the most anti-Mexican president since James K. Polk, who signed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848.

On this day 175 years ago, the United States and Mexico proclaimed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, ending the Mexican-American War.

In 1972, for instance, the Brown Berets occupied Catalina Island for nearly a month, arguing that since the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo didn’t mention it, they were reclaiming the Island of Romance for Mexico.

But the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo stripped those guarantees a year and a half later.

I asked Fuller Rusch what she learned about the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo growing up.