expatriation

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Brownell, Frankfurter delivered the opinion of the court supporting expatriation by beginning with “Petitioner, a national of the United States by birth …” Frankfurter went on to recount Perez’s history.

From Slate • Jan. 15, 2026

In 1921 he joined the wave of expatriation and moved to France.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

These expatriation figures don’t reflect migration but merely show the number of Americans living abroad who have effectively decided to give up any plan to move back to the U.S.A.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 18, 2025

He hired a law firm to help him with his expatriation process and prepare his tax returns, along with an appraiser to value his companies.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2025

But with an unsympathetic State Department and an active enemy or two, all the other points cited would make up as clear a case of voluntary expatriation as any on record.

From Ancestors A Novel by Atherton, Gertrude Franklin Horn