North American
See also: Reconquista (Mexico)Irredentism is also expressed by some Chicano "nationalists" and Mexican-American activists in the Aztlán movement. They call for the return of formerly Mexican-dominated lands in the Southwestern United States to Mexico. These lands were annexed by the US in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and became the present-day states of California, Texas, Nevada and Utah; and parts of Colorado, Arizona, and New Mexico.
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