Jeffrey S. Wiesenfeld, Vice President of American Gathering of Jewish Holocaust Survivors said: “The privileges and benefits of citizenship and permanent residency should never be afforded by this great nation to those who then or today, persecute others. The idea that accessories or direct perpetrators of genocide should receive Social Security, having entered this country under false pretenses, is an affront to every citizen.
“Particularly in this, the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the concentration camps by the Allied Forces, it is essential for future generations that we show that we take this legacy with the same somber attitude as did General Eisenhower. We therefore salute Rep. Maloney and her colleagues in their sponsorship of this bill,” Wiesenfeld concluded.
Rabbi Joseph Potasnik, Executive Vice President of the New York Board of Rabbis said: “There is no statute of limitations for Nazi murders. They should be behind bars not collecting benefits.”
