Undocumented immigrants who participated in the 9/11 cleanup were ineligible for the Victim Compensation Fund.
Posted by The Ebro, Laura, Rosenberg Show, Checked
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The Ebro, Laura, Rosenberg ShowSep 12, 2026
The sources show that VCF eligibility does not turn on immigration status: the Special Master's statement says claimants must be compensated without regard to immigration status, and the regulation lists eligibility by presence at a crash site and resulting physical harm.
What was said
… And so, in the years since then, many of them have been deported by George Bush. Some of them were deported. Some of them were deported by Obama. The victim compensation funds that paid for people to get medical medical treatment because they were exposed to asbestos and developed cancers later, none of those undocumented immigrants had access to them. So there are people who were deported back to Mexico, to Guatemala, who, because they volunteered and tried to help and they risked their lives, have died of cancer, um, years later, and their families never got anything for it. …
The Ebro, Laura, Rosenberg Show · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Contradicts. The Department of Justice Special Master statement says that as written the Act does not consider the immigration status of the victim or claimant, and that claimants must be compensated without regard to immigration status.[1]
Contradicts. The federal regulation defines eligible claimants by presence at a 9/11 crash site and resulting physical harm from the crashes or rescue and recovery efforts, with no immigration-status requirement, and gives the Special Master authority to alter documentation requirements for foreign claimants.[2]
Supports. The current VCF eligibility criteria list presence at a crash site or the NYC Exposure Zone and a certified 9/11-related physical condition as requirements, with no immigration-status criterion.[3]
Context. The post's claim that none of the undocumented cleanup workers had access to the funds is the speaker's own assertion and is not corroborated by any source; the sources also do not mention deportations or documentation barriers that might have limited access in practice.
Sources
3 sources: 3 primary
- 1N002315 - Department of Justicejustice.gov · primary source · cited for: contradicts
- 228 CFR Part 104 -- September 11TH Victim Compensation Fundecfr.gov · primary source · cited for: contradicts
- 3Section 1: Eligibility Criteria and Deadlines | VCFvcf.gov · primary source · cited for: supports
Where this claim was made
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