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Assuming the United States declares war on Germany, regardless of the telegram not being received by the U.K./U.S., what follows if Mexico attempts an invasion of the states (New Mexico, Texas, and Arizona) promised to them following a U.S. declaration of war on Germany. This would likely give them the advantage of surprise since they (U.S./U.K) don't know about the telegram. My opinion is likely this invasion would likely just be a distraction, even if they did capture some territory/or a one-three of the states above. Many American civilians would likely be armed, so that would be a drawback to Mexico of having minutemen ready to defend against the Mexican invasion.

EDIT: POD of a very imperialistic Mexican leader taking power a year or two before, though taking no action until this point to make the attempted invasion more plausible.
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