The United States has spent millions of dollars on Social Security benefits for suspected Nazi war criminals. An Associated Press investigation found the payments have continued under a legal loophole through which Nazis were persuaded to leave the United States in return for keeping their benefits. Surviving recipients of the taxpayer-funded benefits include Jakob Denzinger, a former Auschwitz guard now living in Croatia. On Monday, White House spokesperson Eric Schultz said the White House opposes the payments, but he did not outline any plans for ending them.
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