The Rio Grande is ours, bought and paid for with the lives of American soldiers. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, ending the Mexican-American War, 1848, gave the United States ownership of the Rio Grande as a boundary for Texas, and also, ownership of California and a large area comprising roughly half of New Mexico, most of Arizona, Nevada, and Utah, and parts of Wyoming and Colorado.
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke is correct. We’re not going to give ownership of the Rio Grande to Mexico. It’s ours and we’re keeping it.
I agree absolutely, well-said.