# What if America were to invite northern Mexico to join the US

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**Created:** [February 7, 2017, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-america-were-to-invite-northern-mexico-to-join-the-us/779219 "2017-02-07T10:31:06Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 8, 2017, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-if-america-were-to-invite-northern-mexico-to-join-the-us/779219/31 "2017-02-08T16:31:51Z")

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> [@RickJay](#):
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> It’s still annexation. You’re proposing an attempt at peaceful annexation, but it’s annexation all the same.
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> Making an offer of annexation to a part of another sovereign country is, IMHO, an act of war.

Sorry folks, I did mean to start WWIII.:smack:

> [@Would you like to see your state/province divided?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-like-to-see-your-state-province-divided/608733/70):
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> > [@Did Canada Get a New Province?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-canada-get-a-new-province/357663/41):
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> > For years I have been trying to arrange a swap: PEI for Idaho. Both have a potato economy, and PEI is already pretty much bought up by Americans, but most importantly for me is that Idaho has wonderful wildwater paddling.
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> Forget about splitting states up. Just sign over Idaho to me and be done with it!

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