This chapter takes us from the global perspective of the previous chapter toa more hemispheric or binational perspective that examines a series ofexpulsions that occurred in the lead up to the Mexican American War and thencontinued throughout the latter half of the nineteenth century. As such, Iwill not be discussing the coming or process of the war per se, only onemanifestation of this event, which shaped the formation of Mexicanimmigration and colonization policy, particularly for populations outside ofstate control. Specifically, this chapter also examines a brief history ofearly nineteenth century expulsions at a moment when immigration policy cameface to face with military concerns. Repatriates, especially those expelledfrom Texas and California, were not only recommended as ideal colonists forthe fractured republic, but seen as the most obvious choice for thisparticular line of defense . “There can certainly be no bettercolonists for our borders,” at least according to General Bonilla ofMexico’s Ministry of War and Marine, than those “instructedwith hard experience, as well as with the falsehood of encouraging promisesthat the Americans are used to making . . . .” Mexicans in the UnitedStates, the thinking went, would be more anti-American precisely because oftheir “intimate contact” with Euro Americans.