Illegal immigrants near WTC face serious illnesses

“It has become an unspoken shame of Ground Zero.

Thousands of undocumented immigrants who toiled amid toxic dust to clean buildings around the World Trade Center after the 9/11 attacks are suffering from serious health problems — but have few places to turn for treatment, concerned doctors and advocates said.

The only free medical care for these workers — a modest, privately funded program at Bellevue Hospital — may lose its financial benefactor a year from now unless the government steps in.”

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