Commander in SS-led unit living in US

[Zanza]

On my wife's naturalization application we had to answer whether she was a member of the SS between 1933-1945.  She answered "no" and I guess I'll have to take her word for it.

That question is on every immigration/visa application form for the US:
Have you ever been or are you now involved in espionage or sabotage; or in terrorist activties; or genocide; or between 1933 and 1945 were involved, in any way, in the persecutions associated with Nazi Germany or its allies?

http://chcidoameriky.cz/wp-content/uploads/formular-I-94W.jpg

How did you answer?

I only followed orders!

[KRonn]

On my wife's naturalization application we had to answer whether she was a member of the SS between 1933-1945.  She answered "no" and I guess I'll have to take her word for it.

That question is on every immigration/visa application form for the US:
Have you ever been or are you now involved in espionage or sabotage; or in terrorist activties; or genocide; or between 1933 and 1945 were involved, in any way, in the persecutions associated with Nazi Germany or its allies?

http://chcidoameriky.cz/wp-content/uploads/formular-I-94W.jpg

How did you answer?

I only followed orders!

[Malthus]

On my wife's naturalization application we had to answer whether she was a member of the SS between 1933-1945.  She answered "no" and I guess I'll have to take her word for it.

That question is on every immigration/visa application form for the US:
Have you ever been or are you now involved in espionage or sabotage; or in terrorist activties; or genocide; or between 1933 and 1945 were involved, in any way, in the persecutions associated with Nazi Germany or its allies?

http://chcidoameriky.cz/wp-content/uploads/formular-I-94W.jpg

Does anyone ever answer "yes" to that? 

[Zanza]

I think the idea is to shortcut the deportation process when they find out you lied. I mean the other questions are similar: "Are you seeking entry to engage in criminal activities?"

[crazy canuck]

Does anyone ever answer "yes" to that? 

IIRC there had been some cases in which it could not be proved that the applicant had lied about their past and so now immigration questions try to deal with that issue.

[Malthus]

Does anyone ever answer "yes" to that? 

IIRC there had been some cases in which it could not be proved that the applicant had lied about their past and so now immigration questions try to deal with that issue.

So, I commit genocide as a Nazi, and I'm a terrorist and a spy. The cops catch up to me, and I tell them "well, I never actually lied about any of that to immigration", and without the benefit of this form, the cops have to say "sorry sir, our mistake" and let me go? 

[Barrister]

Does anyone ever answer "yes" to that? 

IIRC there had been some cases in which it could not be proved that the applicant had lied about their past and so now immigration questions try to deal with that issue.

So, I commit genocide as a Nazi, and I'm a terrorist and a spy. The cops catch up to me, and I tell them "well, I never actually lied about any of that to immigration", and without the benefit of this form, the cops have to say "sorry sir, our mistake" and let me go? 

Then can still prosecute you for war crimes, but they can't revoke your citizenship.

[crazy canuck]

Does anyone ever answer "yes" to that? 

IIRC there had been some cases in which it could not be proved that the applicant had lied about their past and so now immigration questions try to deal with that issue.

So, I commit genocide as a Nazi, and I'm a terrorist and a spy. The cops catch up to me, and I tell them "well, I never actually lied about any of that to immigration", and without the benefit of this form, the cops have to say "sorry sir, our mistake" and let me go? 

Then can still prosecute you for war crimes, but they can't revoke your citizenship.

Yeah, exactly. The issue on revocation is whether the person was dishonest when they applied for citizenship.

[Malthus]

Heh, in that case, a clever tactic would be to answer "yes". I bet that 100% of the time people answer "yes" to that question, it is because they are confused/mentally impared/don't read English too well, and it gets more or less ignored by the bureaucrats processing the form. 

[derspiess]

Speaking of confused/mentally impaired, half the people participating in the naturalization ceremony started the oath by literally saying "I, State Your Name..."

One of those real-life Animal House moments.

[11B4V]

Speaking of confused/mentally impaired, half the people participating in the naturalization ceremony started the oath by literally saying "I, State Your Name..."

One of those real-life Animal House moments.

Failure to Follow Instructions (FFI) they should have all been dismissed and try again six months later. j/k 

[crazy canuck]

One of those real-life Animal House moments.

[DGuller]

Speaking of confused/mentally impaired, half the people participating in the naturalization ceremony started the oath by literally saying "I, State Your Name..."

One of those real-life Animal House moments.

I've been to two of them, and I didn't hear any of that.  Maybe you guys get the dregs that New York didn't want.

[dps]

On my wife's naturalization application we had to answer whether she was a member of the SS between 1933-1945.  She answered "no" and I guess I'll have to take her word for it.

That question is on every immigration/visa application form for the US:
Have you ever been or are you now involved in espionage or sabotage; or in terrorist activties; or genocide; or between 1933 and 1945 were involved, in any way, in the persecutions associated with Nazi Germany or its allies?

http://chcidoameriky.cz/wp-content/uploads/formular-I-94W.jpg

Does anyone ever answer "yes" to that? 

In order to answer honestly, wouldn't concentration camp survivors have to say "yes"?  After all, they were involved in the persecutions associated with Nazi Germany.  Sure, as the victims, not the perpertators, but the way it's worded it doesn't make that distinction.

[fhdz]

It's Hortlund & Albert Speer's love child.