We need to update OSI's mission to ensure effective enforcement. Our country has long provided the template and moral leadership for dealing with Nazi war criminals. OSI was created almost 35 years after the end of World War II and it remains authorized only to track Nazi war criminals. The OSI's mission continues to be limited by that Attorney General Order. Little is being done about the new generation of international war criminals living among us, and these delays are costly.
Stale cases are the hardest to make.
We should not repeat the mistake of waiting decades before tracking down war criminals and human rights abusers who have settled in this country. War criminals should find no sanctuary in loopholes in our current immigration policies and enforcement. No war criminal should ever come to believe that he is going to find safe harbor in the United States. The success of OSI in hunting Nazi war criminals demonstrates the effectiveness of centralized resources and expertise in these cases. OSI has worked, and it is time to update its mission.