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Americans Renouncing U.S. Citizenship in Record Numbers
By Brett Goodin
The financial factor
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A record number of Americans are renouncing their citizenship. In just the first half of this year, 5,315 Americans gave up their citizenship. That puts the country on track to see a record-breaking 10,000 people renounce U.S. citizenship in 2020. Until a decade ago, fewer than 1,000 Americans per year, on average, chose to renounce their citizenship. Why are so many people abandoning the United States? The financial factor
While many liberal Americans threatened to move abroad after Trump's election in 2016, rising renunciations are not directly attributable to any particular election result. The trend began in 2013, mid-way through the Obama administration.