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 On another, the Internal Revenue Code stands ready with its expatriation tax regime—potentially ensnaring not only those who voluntarily renounce their citizenship but also those whose citizenship is stripped away. Virginia La Torre Jeker, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 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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  • The report cited internal documents showing Salesforce pitching itself as a tool to boost hiring for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, which seeks to ramp up deportations across the country, and suggesting how AI could help evaluate tips and improve ICE investigations.
    Ramishah Maruf, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
  • What To Know The Nogales facility was designed to provide temporary housing and services for migrants awaiting processing or deportation.
    Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Oct. 2025
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  • More personnel decisions, such as the expulsion and replacement of Central Committee members, are expected to be formalized at the meeting.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Ten years after his expulsion, Saleh’s third feature in the trilogy, after Boy From Heaven, socks it to Egypt’s military leaders and General Intelligence Service (GIS), and by implication al-Sisi.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2025

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“Expatriation.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expatriation. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.

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