175 Years Of Border Invasions: The Anniversary Of US War On Mexico And Roots Of Northward Migration – Analysis

By David Vine*

Amid renewed fear mongering about an “invasion” at the U.S.-Mexico border, this week’s 175^th anniversary of the 1846–1848 war the U.S. government instigated with Mexico is a reminder that throughout U.S. history, invasions have gone almost exclusively from north to south, not vice versa. A...