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US Residents FLEE To Move Out Of The Country In Sudden Surge Over This
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4:20Now PlayingNew data since the Trump term has begun reveals sudden surge of Americans ditching the US to flee the political situation and cost of living crisis, reaching the highest level of people moving out of the country since the Great Depression. John Iadarola and Jackson White break it down on The Damage Report. Leave a comment with your thoughts below!
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Record number of Americans are leaving the country and renouncing their citizenship for good, report says
"Americans appear to be leaving the U.S. at once-in-a-century levels, fleeing divisive politics and a cost of living crisis.
In 2025, the flow of Americans ditching the 50 states for good caused the first estimated net outward migration of the U.S. population in decades, something that likely hasn’t happened since the 1929 Great Depression.
“Previously, the Americans leaving were super-adventurous and well-credentialed,” Jen Barnett, founder of the resettlement consultancy firm Expatsi, told The Wall Street Journal. “Now they’re ordinary people, like me.”"
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