You can move to Japan, France, Great Britain and never become Japanese, French, or British, but you can move to the United States from anywhere in the world and become AMERICAN.
"You can move to Japan, France, Great Britain and never become Japanese, French, or British, but you can move to the United States from anywhere in the world and become AMERICAN."
That's the way it used to be. Now you will be a hyphenated American -- you know, French-American, German-American, Italian-American, etc.
Wouldn't you know the Gipper would have already said it all in a nutshell.