Migrants Get Visas for Being 'Victims' of Ron DeSantis

[Blkfyre]

https://www.newsweek.com/desantis-migrants-marthas-vineyard-visas-1892919

"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."

Critics of DeSantis said that sending the migrants, mostly from Venezuela, to the popular vacationing spot was a political stunt that cost Florida taxpayers about $615,000 in total, or about $12,300 per migrant paid out of a $12 million fund to relocate unauthorized immigrants from Florida. Days after they touched down, the migrants—aided by civil rights attorneys—filed a class action lawsuit demanding financial compensation for "economic, emotional and constitutional harms."

Those same migrants are now able to temporarily live and work legally in the U.S. while avoiding deportation due to applying to receive special visas, the migrants' immigration attorney, Rachel Self, told The Miami Herald.

The migrants applied for U nonimmigrant status (or a U visa), described by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services as a visa "set aside for victims of certain crimes who have suffered mental or physical abuse and are helpful to law enforcement or government officials in the investigation or prosecution of criminal activity."

So not only did DeSantis cost his state over half a MILLION dollars, but he guaranteed that almost 50 immigrants jumped the line and are guaranteed to be able to stay in the US for, with the backlog of Visa grants, could be 20+ years!

I am just waiting to see how conservatives spin this!