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What's interesting about El Paso, TX (El Paso del Norte) in Texas history is that it wasn't part of Texas.

Texas was born from the MX state of "Coahuila y Tejas", while El Paso was in the state of Chihuahua. No paseños were involved in the Texas Revolution...
... which took place hundreds of miles away in a different state entirely. The new nation, Republic of Texas, made no claims on El Paso.

The city got thrown in at the 1845 annexation of Texas as a US state, which was a big surprise to the actual Texans!
All of these contested territorial claims by the US (claiming half the MX state of Chihuahua) led to disputes that gave rise to the Mexican-American War.

The US ultimately invaded Mexico, occupied their capital, and forced the government to sign a surrender at gunpoint.
So what?

El Paso, TX is a spoil of war. A war of US aggression and territorial expansion. The people there never petitioned to join the US. Putting up walls around the part of Chihuahua we stole is final "F you" to the history of the region.

I want my country to do better.
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