UC Riverside

The sacredness of this obligation shall never be lost sight of by the said (US) Government, when providing for the removal of the Indians (and Chicanos) from any portion of the said territories, or for its being settled by citizens of the United States; but, on the contrary, special care shall then be taken not to place its Indian (and Chicano) occupants under the necessity of seeking new homes, by committing those invasions which the United States have solemnly obliged themselves to restrain.

-Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo-