Deportation Upheld of War Crimes Figure
From Times Wire Reports
An appeals court upheld the deportation of a member of a Nazi-sponsored Lithuanian battalion blamed for the murder of 19,000 Jews during World War II, the Justice Department said.
The U.S. Court of Appeals agreed with a decision by the U.S. Board of Immigration Appeals to deport Juozas Naujalis, an ailing, 81-year-old Chicago-area man, because of his service in the infamous 2nd Lithuanian Schutzmannschaft Battalion.
Naujalis had not yet decided whether to appeal.
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