But her work did not end there. For the last 6 years she has continued to care for the families of those who were lost. She has worked tirelessly for the family members of the victims who could not mourn freelythe widows and orphans of the victims who were immigrants on 9/11. Today in New York City there are 9/ 11 widows and orphans who fear going to the World Trade Center site because they may be identified for deportation. Ms. Steinberg speaks often with these families offering them her legal expertise. She used this expertise to help draft the September 11 Family Humanitarian Relief and Patriotism Act. H.R. 1071. This bill gives Congress the tools to provide legal immigration status to the 9/11 victims family members. It grants permanent resident status to the spouses and children of undocumented immigrants who died on 9/11. To qualify these families must have been beneficiaries of the September 11th Victim Compensation Fund of 2001. Ms.
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