With President Trump threatening to revoke Rosie O’Donnell’s citizenship, it seems like a good time to re-up my explainer on denaturalization and expatriation — and why what Trump is suggesting is … not viable:
146. Denaturalization and Expatriation
There is no lawful way to "deport" U.S. citizens. And although citizenship can be revoked, any attempt by the government would run into significant statutory, constitutional, and practical obstacles.
www.stevevladeck.com
July 12, 2025 at 6:40 PM
With President Trump threatening to revoke Rosie O’Donnell’s citizenship, it seems like a good time to re-up my explainer on denaturalization and expatriation — and why what Trump is suggesting is … not viable:
I’m with you, Leigh… actively looking at expatriation options. 💔
January 30, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I’m with you, Leigh… actively looking at expatriation options. 💔
"A century after the suffrage movement, the SAVE Act threatens to echo the harms of the Expatriation Act. While it’s supporters claim it will target non-citizen voters, instead it could prevent American women from voting."
The SAVE Act Could Threaten Voting Access—And Repeat History
The 1907 Expatriation Act made it impossible for some women born in the U.S. to vote.
time.com
May 21, 2025 at 1:14 PM
"A century after the suffrage movement, the SAVE Act threatens to echo the harms of the Expatriation Act. While it’s supporters claim it will target non-citizen voters, instead it could prevent American women from voting."
We commonly associate James Baldwin with the land of his birth, America, and with the land of his expatriation, France. But a fascinating new exhibit focusses on Baldwin’s years in Turkey, the country that, in his words, saved his life.
Refinding James Baldwin
We commonly associate the writer with the land of his birth—America—and with the land of his expatriation, France. But a fascinating new exhibit focusses on Baldwin’s years in Turkey, the country that...
www.newyorker.com
January 17, 2025 at 12:07 AM
We commonly associate James Baldwin with the land of his birth, America, and with the land of his expatriation, France. But a fascinating new exhibit focusses on Baldwin’s years in Turkey, the country that, in his words, saved his life.
#ResistanceRoots
#WomensHistoryMonth
Today in history, 1907: Congress passes the Expatriation Act, which stripped American-born women of their citizenship if they married a non-citizen. A woman had to adopt her husband’s nationality, effectively making her a stateless alien in her own country. /1
#WomensHistoryMonth
Today in history, 1907: Congress passes the Expatriation Act, which stripped American-born women of their citizenship if they married a non-citizen. A woman had to adopt her husband’s nationality, effectively making her a stateless alien in her own country. /1
March 3, 2026 at 1:50 AM
#ResistanceRoots
#WomensHistoryMonth
Today in history, 1907: Congress passes the Expatriation Act, which stripped American-born women of their citizenship if they married a non-citizen. A woman had to adopt her husband’s nationality, effectively making her a stateless alien in her own country. /1
#WomensHistoryMonth
Today in history, 1907: Congress passes the Expatriation Act, which stripped American-born women of their citizenship if they married a non-citizen. A woman had to adopt her husband’s nationality, effectively making her a stateless alien in her own country. /1
@jshaub.bsky.social responds to Randy Barnett and Ilan Wurman's New York Times op-ed on the 14th Amendment, writing neither the text, common law, nor the Expatriation Act of 1868 support their view of the “subject to the jurisdiction” exception to the Citizenship Clause.
Birthright Citizenship and the Obscure Right of Expatriation
Recent attempts to undermine the century-old consensus on birthright citizenship have failed spectacularly. But the obscure history of the inherent right of expatriation provides an additional reason ...
www.lawfaremedia.org
February 18, 2025 at 4:02 PM
@jshaub.bsky.social responds to Randy Barnett and Ilan Wurman's New York Times op-ed on the 14th Amendment, writing neither the text, common law, nor the Expatriation Act of 1868 support their view of the “subject to the jurisdiction” exception to the Citizenship Clause.
We commonly associate the writer James Baldwin with the land of his birth—America—and with the land of his expatriation, France. But a fascinating new exhibit focusses on Baldwin’s years in Turkey, the country that, in his words, saved his life.
Refinding James Baldwin
We commonly associate the writer with the land of his birth—America—and with the land of his expatriation, France. But a fascinating new exhibit focusses on Baldwin’s years in Turkey, the country that...
www.newyorker.com
December 28, 2024 at 7:36 PM
We commonly associate the writer James Baldwin with the land of his birth—America—and with the land of his expatriation, France. But a fascinating new exhibit focusses on Baldwin’s years in Turkey, the country that, in his words, saved his life.
I prob shouldn't have bc @evanbernick.bsky.social @anthonymkreis.bsky.social and @paulgowder.bsky.social have covered the topic so well but I thought the mostly forgotten right of expatriation was relevant-and to date absent-from the convo @lawfare.bsky.social
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/birt...
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/birt...
Birthright Citizenship and the Obscure Right of Expatriation
Recent attempts to undermine the century-old consensus on birthright citizenship have failed spectacularly. But the obscure history of the inherent right of expatriation provides an additional reason ...
www.lawfaremedia.org
February 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I prob shouldn't have bc @evanbernick.bsky.social @anthonymkreis.bsky.social and @paulgowder.bsky.social have covered the topic so well but I thought the mostly forgotten right of expatriation was relevant-and to date absent-from the convo @lawfare.bsky.social
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/birt...
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/birt...
After considering multiple options for expatriation, I would like to move to Skegness to be this woman's next door neighbor.
#WannaBeUSExpat
#WannaBeUSExpat
July 28, 2025 at 7:22 AM
After considering multiple options for expatriation, I would like to move to Skegness to be this woman's next door neighbor.
#WannaBeUSExpat
#WannaBeUSExpat
I know physical expatriation is expensive and requires paperwork but is there a way to instantaneously just, like, astrally expatriate
June 28, 2024 at 2:31 AM
I know physical expatriation is expensive and requires paperwork but is there a way to instantaneously just, like, astrally expatriate
Une expatriation.
Vous avez prévu quoi pour l'annonce des résultats de la présidentielle l'an prochain ?
Et pourquoi des fourches ?
Et pourquoi des fourches ?
May 4, 2026 at 5:57 AM
Une expatriation.
Starting an expatriation tour.
May 19, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Starting an expatriation tour.
She is describing expatriation. To a concentration camp. And she’s acting like that’s a normal thing we should expect.
April 9, 2025 at 12:57 PM
She is describing expatriation. To a concentration camp. And she’s acting like that’s a normal thing we should expect.
🚨 I am currently looking for an attorney that specializes in expatriation to send clients to. #revolution2025
March 17, 2025 at 3:36 PM
🚨 I am currently looking for an attorney that specializes in expatriation to send clients to. #revolution2025
This is also coming like right on the heels of the biggest influx of immigrants into possibly any nation ever
Somewhat inside baseball but there was also a whole antebellum expatriation crisis in which an oddly woke Buchanan established an American principle that rejected “perpetual allegiance”
Somewhat inside baseball but there was also a whole antebellum expatriation crisis in which an oddly woke Buchanan established an American principle that rejected “perpetual allegiance”
July 2, 2026 at 9:27 PM
This is also coming like right on the heels of the biggest influx of immigrants into possibly any nation ever
Somewhat inside baseball but there was also a whole antebellum expatriation crisis in which an oddly woke Buchanan established an American principle that rejected “perpetual allegiance”
Somewhat inside baseball but there was also a whole antebellum expatriation crisis in which an oddly woke Buchanan established an American principle that rejected “perpetual allegiance”
26% des chercheurs français aux Etats-Unis remettent en cause leur expatriation.
Mon passage sur @franceinter.fr : www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/...
Mon passage sur @franceinter.fr : www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/...
March 26, 2025 at 9:05 AM
26% des chercheurs français aux Etats-Unis remettent en cause leur expatriation.
Mon passage sur @franceinter.fr : www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/...
Mon passage sur @franceinter.fr : www.radiofrance.fr/franceinter/...
With alarming reports of U.S. citizens being “deported” (which is … not a thing), today’s “One First” looks at the ways the government can *lawfully* revoke citizenship—and the legal and practical obstacles it would (and should) encounter if it tried to do so:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/146-denatu...
www.stevevladeck.com/p/146-denatu...
146. Denaturalization and Expatriation
There is no lawful way to "deport" U.S. citizens. And although citizenship can be revoked, any attempt by the government would run into significant statutory, constitutional, and practical obstacles.
www.stevevladeck.com
April 28, 2025 at 11:32 AM
With alarming reports of U.S. citizens being “deported” (which is … not a thing), today’s “One First” looks at the ways the government can *lawfully* revoke citizenship—and the legal and practical obstacles it would (and should) encounter if it tried to do so:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/146-denatu...
www.stevevladeck.com/p/146-denatu...
See THIS is why I hope I can get to a point in my expatriation where I never have to interact with USAmericans again, if I can possibly help it
April 12, 2026 at 4:47 AM
See THIS is why I hope I can get to a point in my expatriation where I never have to interact with USAmericans again, if I can possibly help it
How to be animal – an antidote to our self-expatriation from nature
How to Be Animal: An Antidote to Our Self-Expatriation from Nature
How to embrace our inheritance as “a creature of organic substance and electricity that can be eaten, injured and dissipated back into the enigmatic physics of the universe.”
www.themarginalian.org
March 16, 2025 at 5:01 PM
How to be animal – an antidote to our self-expatriation from nature
the expatriation aspect is an interesting one because the US is basically the only country that taxes on citizenship instead of residency and essentially had the american exceptionalism argument to justify it, but i wonder if there will be a redoubling of punitive expatriate taxes as people leave.
April 15, 2025 at 9:37 PM
the expatriation aspect is an interesting one because the US is basically the only country that taxes on citizenship instead of residency and essentially had the american exceptionalism argument to justify it, but i wonder if there will be a redoubling of punitive expatriate taxes as people leave.
Plus de solidarité avec les blanches d'école de co qui ont des idées éclatées pendant leur expatriation aux Émirats svp
June 21, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Plus de solidarité avec les blanches d'école de co qui ont des idées éclatées pendant leur expatriation aux Émirats svp
How to be animal (and more fully human) – an antidote to our self-expatriation from nature
How to Be Animal: An Antidote to Our Self-Expatriation from Nature
How to embrace our inheritance as “a creature of organic substance and electricity that can be eaten, injured and dissipated back into the enigmatic physics of the universe.”
www.themarginalian.org
January 29, 2025 at 5:47 AM
How to be animal (and more fully human) – an antidote to our self-expatriation from nature
How to be animal – an antidote to our self-expatriation from nature www.themarginalian.org/2023/07/10/h...
December 31, 2025 at 5:47 AM
How to be animal – an antidote to our self-expatriation from nature www.themarginalian.org/2023/07/10/h...