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- The State Department, led by Senator Marco Rubio, lowered the renunciation fee from $2,350 to $450, spurring a surge in relinquishments.
- In Q1 2026, U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration recorded hundreds of Americans renouncing citizenship, many pointing to the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act’s worldwide tax.
- Jennifer Sontag, 53, said the 2016 election and ‘no taxation without representation’ motivated her to relinquish her U.S. passport.
