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Under Department of Energy guidelines, an action that shows allegiance to a country other than the United States, such as a declaration of intent to renounce U.S. citizenship or actual renunciation of citizenship, demonstrates foreign preference and thus is a ground to deny a security clearance. [186]
Americans renounce their citizenship for any number of reasons. Some, like Lehagre, have no actual ties to the U.S. beyond their parents. Others do so for political reasons.
In fact, nearly one-third of Americans living abroad are either planning to renounce their citizenship or are seriously considering it, according to a recent survey. Of these expats, three in four ...
A flag flies near the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images) As President-elect Donald J. Trump prepares to implement sweeping policy changes affecting American ...
Some colonies instituted oaths of allegiance and from time to time banished persons with unpopular views. [3] [4] Nonetheless, no colonies screened newcomers based on their political beliefs. [3] Beginning in the 1790s, immigration began to be seen in a more threatening light. [5]
DHS considered implementing the Reed Amendment by presuming that a former citizen seeking entry had renounced U.S. citizenship for the purpose of avoiding taxation if he or she failed to pay the expatriation tax, obtained a windfall shortly after renunciation, or established residence in a tax haven, and placing the burden of proof on the ...
Arton's survey is far from the first to find that wealthy Americans are hedging their bets by securing so-called golden passports or gaining citizenship through investment programs abroad.
The Ex-PATRIOT Act was a proposed United States federal law to raise taxes and impose entry bans on certain former citizens and departing permanent residents.The law would automatically classify all people who relinquished U.S. citizenship or permanent residence in the decade prior to the law's passage or any future year as having "tax avoidance intent" if they met certain asset or tax ...