Originally published at: JUSTICE: ICE Agents Deport Former NAZI GUARD to Germany to Stand Trial | Sean Hannity
The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency arrested a 95-year-old former Nazi guard in New York City early Tuesday morning; deporting the accused mass murderer back to Germany for a potential trial.
According to the Associated Press, the war crimes suspect was detained by ICE agents after “years of effort” to send the former guard back to Europe. Jakiw Palij is accused of taking part in Nazi atrocities that led to the death of 6,000 prisoners at a forced-labor camp in Poland.
Palij reportedly lied on his 1959 immigration application; claiming he spent the war working on a farm.
“Richard Grenell, the U.S. ambassador who arrived in Germany earlier this year, said President Donald Trump — who is from New York — instructed him to make it a priority. He said the new German government, which took office in March, brought ‘new energy’ to the matter.
“Trawniki was a camp where people were trained to round up and murder the Jews in Poland, so there’s certainly a basis for some sort of prosecution,” said a leading “Nazi-hunter” with the Simon Wiesenthal Center.
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