“There is no place here for the hyphenated American, and the sooner he returns to the country of his allegiance, the better.”

Theodore Roosevelt

Not a big fan of Teddy, but this statement I agree with. If you want to become a citizen of a nation, you have to leave everything else behind and become a citizen. If you want to become an American, leave the Mexican- or the African- or whatever other hyphenated nonsense behind. Americanism is for all - not for select groups.