Mr. Speaker. today I am introducing an amendment to title II of the Social Security Act to prohibit the payment of benefits thereunder to individuals who have been deported from the United States on account of certain activities conducted under the direction of or in association with the Nazi government during World War II. This amendment plugs a loophole in the Social Security Act. The current law provides for the termination of benefits upon deportation of the primary beneficiary under 18 of the 19 grounds for deportation under section 241(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. The 19th ground provides for deportation when an individual engaged in certain activities involving the persecution of persons during World War II in association with the German Nazi government. This ground was added as an amendment to the Immigration and Nationality Act in 1978. However. due to an oversight. the Social Security Act was not amended at the same time to include paragraph (19) as a basis for terminating benefits. Thus. a Nazi persecutor who is deported from the United States under paragraph (19) of the Immigration and Nationality Act may continue to collect Social Security benefits. This situation offends my sense of fair play and justice. These individuals have already benefited by living in the United States and largely escaping detection all these years.
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