Ailing ex-Nazi likely to stay in N.J.
A former Nazi prison guard probably won’t be deported from the United States because his health is rapidly declining.Andrew Kuras, 85, of Hamilton Township, N.J., is “gravely ill” and his “deportation is under review,” according to Jaclyn Lesch, a spokeswoman for the Justice Department, The Associated Press reported. In 2004, a federal judge stripped Kuras of his 1962 naturalization certificate and other citizenship documents.Kuras worked at three Nazi slave-labor camps during World War II. He ordered the shooting of anyone who tried to escape, according to court documents.Kuras came to the United States in 1951 and became a citizen 11 years later.
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