The strong push to Americanize immigrants to grow ranks in the US military affected his view because he said that the Mexicans were misunderstood as a people.
He also said that contrary to what a lot of people felt, the Mexicans were very anxious to work.
He was a Brigadier general in the American military. He received a medal in Mexico for his valor in the battle fields.
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