Legal Opinion
Firishchak v. Holder
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 14, 2011No. 09-2238PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
Osyp Firishchak hid an ignominious past when he came to the United States in the wake of World War II. He represented to U.S. officials that his wartime activities comprised working on a Ukrainian cooperative. In fact, he served in the Ukrainian Auxiliary Police (“UAP”), an organization whose activities included aiding Nazis by forcibly rounding up Jews for deportation to concentration camps.
In 2005, a district court concluded that Firishchak lied to enter the country and obtain naturalization. The sanction was severe: Firishchak was stripped of his citizenship. We…
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