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US court orders former Ukrainian Nazi policeman out of country

WASHINGTON: An immigration judge ordered a former Ukrainian Nazi policeman's removal from United States for his participation in Nazi-sponsored acts of persecution during World War II.

John (Ivan) Kalymon of Michigan served as an armed member of the Ukrainian Auxiliary Police (UAP) in Nazi-occupied Lvov, Ukraine.

The removal orders were issued by US Immigration Judge Elizabeth Hacker in Detroit, Assistant Attorney General Lanny A Breuer of the criminal division, the department of justice said on Wednesday.

Kalymon, 89, immigrated to the United States from Germany in 1949 and became a US citizen in 1955....
Read entire article at Times of India