Colonial Spaniards (Spaniards, not Iberians, which would include Portuguese and they have nothing to do here) that remained in USA when Florida, Texas, Lousiana or California when were annexed, were THOUSANDS.
There are THOUSANDS.
Narciso Rodríguez https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narciso_Rodriguez
https://assets.cdnelnuevodiario.com/...d9d64257db.jpg
Frank Lorenzo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Lorenzo
https://internationalfriendshipaward...nk_lorenzo.jpg
Héctor Elizondo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A9ctor_Elizondo
https://www.famousbirthdays.com/head...elizondo-8.jpg
Julio Perillán https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julio_Perill%C3%A1n
https://static.filmin.es/images/acto...0_3_500x0.webp
Barry Álvarez https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_Alvarez
https://res-2.cloudinary.com/ybmedia...I_10366220.jpg
As I say, there are thousands. Let alone 1-those pure Spaniards by blood from previous centuries, 2-those who are American but were born in Spain and 3-those who have 1 Spaniard parent.