I was born in Mexico and that's it...
I'm as American as the red hat on Bruce's Springsteen ass!
FDR put it in better words:
In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant
who comes here in good faith becomes an American
and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality
with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate
against any such man because of creed, or birthplace of origin.
But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American
and nothing but an American... There can be no divided allegiance here.
Any man who says he is an American,
but something else also, isn't an American at all.
We have room for but one flag, the American flag...
We have room for but one language here,
and that is the English language...
and we have room for but one sole loyalty
and that is a loyalty to the American people.
I'm as American as the red hat on Bruce's Springsteen ass!
FDR put it in better words:
In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant
who comes here in good faith becomes an American
and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality
with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate
against any such man because of creed, or birthplace of origin.
But this is predicated upon the person's becoming in every facet an American
and nothing but an American... There can be no divided allegiance here.
Any man who says he is an American,
but something else also, isn't an American at all.
We have room for but one flag, the American flag...
We have room for but one language here,
and that is the English language...
and we have room for but one sole loyalty
and that is a loyalty to the American people.
I'm one of the luckiest man alive, nothing in my life has been easy...