Allegations of Nazi War Criminals Residing in the United States

In response to a congressional request, testimony was given on a report concerning Nazis and Axis collaborators who allegedly immigrated to the United States. GAO found no evidence of any U.S. agency program specifically designed to aid Nazis or Axis collaborators to immigrate to the United States; however, intelligence agencies aided these types of aliens on an individual basis to immigrate to the United States. GAO was not certain that it had obtained all relevant information or identified all Nazis and Axis collaborators whom U.S. agencies helped to immigrate and could not provide the total number of individuals whose immigrations were assisted. GAO also found that there are some programs that were designed for other purposes but may aid aliens with questionable backgrounds to immigrate to the United States. Of the 114 aliens selected for review, GAO identified 5 with undesirable or questionable backgrounds who were employed by U.S. intelligence agencies and who received some form of assistance to immigrate to the United States, and also identified seven aliens with undesirable or questionable backgrounds who immigrated to the United States without any identifiable assistance.