A bipartisan bill introduced in the House of Representatives would cut off Nazi war criminals from U.S. benefits.
Reps. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) and Leonard Lance (R-N.J.) introduced the bill this week in the wake of an Associated Press investigation that found that dozens of suspected Nazi war criminals and SS guards collected millions of dollars after being forced out of the United States.
The measure authorizes new immigration hearings to determine whether suspected war criminals were receiving benefits.
There are at least four living beneficiaries, including Jakob Denzinger, a former guard at Auschwitz. Denzinger, 90, lives in Croatia, where he receives approximately $1,500 a month in Social Security payments. — jta