The 9/11 Immigrant Worker Freedom Act provides lawful permanent resident status to certain workers involved in 9/11 rescue and recovery efforts.
The 9/11 Immigrant Worker Freedom Act allows eligible individuals who performed rescue, recovery, demolition, debris cleanup, or related services after the September 11 terrorist attacks to adjust their status to lawful permanent residents. Eligible individuals include those who worked or volunteered in lower Manhattan, the Staten Island Landfill, or the barge loading piers, or at the Pentagon or Shanksville, Pennsylvania, sites.
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