The U.S. government is seeking to deport a man living in New York who served as a concentration camp guard. The Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security said they have begun efforts to deport Jakiw Palij, who recently had his citizenship revoked after a judge found he had served at the Trawniki camp in Poland during World War II.
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