Are we all becoming Americans?
596693
It is a dichotomy. While we adopt more and more of American institutions, we also begin to dislike them and yearn for diversity at the same time. it is like a cultural backlash.\n\n\nMcDonalds is eveywhere, but after a while people start looking for something better and different - as an example.
103872
False.\nAll "Americans" are foreigners.
122471
no.. you have to be an american by birth, in the united states.. besides would you want an israili or packistani in the oval office???  HELLO..
661789
so are we all becoming Devo?
61980
People become American citizens automatically either by being born in America or to an American citizen (either mother or father). People not born citizens can also naturalize through a fairly lengthy process.\n\nThe president is required to be a natural citizen (aka born in America or to American citizens), but for all other offices, the person must merely be a citizen, no matter how they became that way.
1145385
The only way I could figure to answer this, is to say that if they have arrived in the US and in that respect are to identify themselves as Americans, then it is based on those ideals shared with any and all immigrants who ventured here and founded what would become the Americas... greater freedoms in all areas of life, new opportunities, and simply put, the realization of dreams their homelands could not provide. I think all of us are either in pursuit of such things or the product of them. Hope that answers the question.
1117449
Yes, absolutely.  Being American is about freedom and that freedom is about questioning authority too.  I think that people who question the president may be the most patriotic people out there.
590706
I don't think its Americans.  Its our government. I'd say the majority of Americans want to take care of our own.  But our government seems to have other ideas.  Should we say they are un-American?  I feel ya.
970300
None they are all Americans......they do not have dual citizenships!
139942
none, we are all americans and should not be listed as a group of this or that.
1185102
No.  It is an outdated and flawed system that is representative of qualities similar to that of the British empire in which our forefathers fought so desperately to get away from.  We are becoming the United Empire of America....it is a very scary time in our history.  I think politics have outgrown the fair representation of Americans.
866138
That would be very difficult for some of us mutts.  Portions of my family have been in America since the 1600's, and I am the product of many different cultures all coming together.
1145228
Hi, \n\nI'm all yours from the us of a...\n\nCheers!!
601808
It does happen but it takes a generation or two for new immigrants to assimilate into American society.  Some groups do not want to assimilate and just want to have their own communities, separate from others.  This is NOT what American is about.  I do not disparage anyone's culture, and we SHOULD celebrate heritage and culture of our past, but we need to all embrace our common bond as Americans.  E Pluribus Unum means "Out of Many, One".  This is what we need to strive for, to be the nation that we were on September 12th 2001.  To be One!
554661
All Americans are not immigrants. Most Americans are born American citizens. The settlers that came over were not immigrants, they were just settlers. The American Indians were settlers too. The land that is now America was merely unclaimed land, therefore not a country at the time. The ones who claim we are all immigrants are either ignorant or trying a diversionary tactic to excuse people invading our country illegally, namely the illegal aliens.
1130072
Yes.  In our own way, we all are.
1012720
not at all. just somehow you have to be an immigrant of US