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see appendix, page 482. E=xpatriation. There is no law in the United States permitting the voluntary expatriation of a citizen, Expatriation has been pleaded before the Supreme Court frequently, but has been allowed in no case. It has been claimed that freedom of emigration involved the right of voluntary expatriation, and many learned authorities have argued that such is the fact, and that expatriation is a natural right. So far as custom and usage sanctions the right has been accorded, the United States Government having in a number of instances refused protection to both native-born and naturalized citizens, on the ground that they have expatriated themselves.