as in deportation
the forced removal from a homeland the brutal expatriation of thousands of Cherokee to Indian Territory is now commonly referred to as the Trail of Tears

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Recent Examples of expatriation Expatriation and Section 2801 Tax Relocation may evolve into more than a change of permanent residency and into expatriation. Priya Prakash Royal Esq. Ll.m. Mba Aep Tep, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025 Mackenzie sued, arguing that under the Constitution, her American birth gave her citizenship as a right, not a privilege, to be removed only as punishment for a crime or through voluntary expatriation. Marcia Biederman, Hartford Courant, 13 July 2025 The other half of the Court, however, invoked a number of constitutional rights in support of striking down and restricting laws permitting denaturalization and expatriation. Chad De Guzman, Time, 4 July 2025 In fact, hard-line Israelis cannot envision a solution to the Iranian nuclear problem that doesn’t involve the total dismantlement of its centrifuges and expatriation of its uranium. Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 12 June 2025 Timing the expatriation strategically can help minimize the tax impact on Social Security benefits. Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2025
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Noun
  • Unwavering loyalty Schrandt told ABC News that any deportations to Afghanistan are an unacceptable outcome.
    Chris Boccia, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The decision comes following months of mass deportations and pressure to close Alligator Alcatraz, an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility located in the Florida Everglades.
    Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
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  • Protesters, many older adults, were calling for the expulsion of the Israel-Premier Tech team which was stopped last week during a time trial by activists holding Palestinian flags.
    John Hopewell, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
  • This latest expulsion followed an earlier Trump order revoking TPS protections granted by Biden in 2023 to another 348,000 Venezuelans, which brings the total number of expulsions of Venezuelan immigrants to more than 600,000.
    Andres Oppenheimer September 5, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Expatriation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expatriation. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.

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