Sen. Robert Torricelli (D-N.J.) and Rep. Bob Franks (R-N.J.) introduced legislation on Wednesday to stop Social Security payments to Nazi war criminals. The lawmakers say that for years the federal government has been paying such benefits to Nazi persecutors who have fled the United States in order to avoid deportation.
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