Mr. President. I am pleased to be able to join as an original cosponsor of this legislation which will correct the technical deficiency in the immigration law that is preventing many American citizens who were prisoners in German concentration camps from collecting their social security benefits at age 65. This has been a long neglected deficiency in our immigration law and I commend Congressman HUGHES and Senator SCHWEIKER for taking action to correct this unfortunate situation. During World War II. these individuals were often forced to falsify their ages on their visa applications in order to save their lives. and now their visa applications misstate their actual age. As a result. many individuals who are actually 65 or older are being denied benefits by the Social Security Administration. Even though they have been U.S. citizens for many years and very productive members of our society. they are unable to collect benefits entitled to them because of this complication which dates back to World War II.
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