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A federal judge says migrants can sue the company that flew them to Martha's Vineyard

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Three migrants from Venezuela, along with an immigrant rights group, filed the lawsuit. They say that Florida's governor, others in his administration and an air transport company conspired to mislead them and deprive them of their civil rights when they recruited and flew them to Martha's Vineyard in 2022.
In their lawsuit, the migrants, identified as Yanet, Pablo and Jesus say they were told they were going to Massachusetts, but didn't know their final destination was Martha's Vineyard until shortly before landing.
The plaintiffs say a videographer hired by the DeSantis administration recorded them arriving and boarding vans. But apart from the videographer and van drivers, the plaintiffs say no one else in Martha's Vineyard had any advance notice of their arrival.
 

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I think Martha's Vineyard's government should be able to sue. A small, isolated island with no infrastructure to handle an influx of needy people because of DeSantis' desire to play a prank for a publicity stunt is contemptible--both to the island government AND the immigrants.

I just think the island would have a better standing as the plaintiff.
 
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Migrants Get Visas for Being 'Victims' of Ron DeSantis

The roughly four dozen migrants that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis helped fly from Texas to Martha's Vineyard about a year and a half ago have been granted legal designations due to the Republican's crimes against the "victims."

"The cases are so backlogged that USCIS issues these determinations to allow people to wait in the U.S. with work authorization until a visa becomes available, so that is what they have received," Self said. "Ultimately, the adjudication of the U visa cannot happen until the U visa becomes available, with which current backlogs mean probably 20 years from now."
 
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