An Irish American's Lament

 “I was born in this country! My children were born in this country! What the hell does someone have to do to become an American?”
 
Joseph P. Kennedy, after a Boston paper identified him as an Irishman, via An Unfinished Life, John F. Kennedy, 1917-1963

Rose and Joseph P. Kennedy

Further Reading. "America's Love-Hate Relationship with Immigrants" and "How Irish America, Thinks, Votes, and Acts"