The borders that the mexican americans had to go though were tough. During the gold rush mexican americans came up against a lot of discrimination in the courts that were based in white america trying to take control of that land.
In the text “A history of chicanos” by acuna rodolpho the speaker states that “within two decades mexicans lost the majority of their land ranches”.This quote helps answer the question of the mexican losing their land because the american white men took it from them and sold it to the public. Also in the text “A history of chicanos” by acuna rodolpho the speaker notes that “when squatters, vigilantes, And posses indrscrimaly