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Yes. One thing has nothing to do with the other. For instance, a person who's never been a US citizen could still run up debt in the US and would have to pay it back.
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Yes. Of course, if you leave the U.S., and take all of your money and property with you, and sever all of your contact with the U.S., no court in the U.S. would have personal jurisdiction over you, and the creditor would have to go to the country in which you've taken up residence and sue you for the debt there (though depending on that country's conflicts-of-laws rules, the suit might still be heard under U.S. law, or the law of a particular U.S. state). However, if you leave any property of significant value in the U.S. (such as a house, a car, or some land), the creditor could sue you in the U.S. through that property, and use it to satisfy the debt.
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