Migrants flown to Martha’s Vineyard by Ron DeSantis are now in line for ‘victims of crime’ visas

I-TEAM: Documents show 78 flights carrying migrants landed in Jacksonville over last 6 months

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has been trying to stop the planes from landing claiming they’re dangerous.

The records obtained by News4Jax do not show where the migrant passengers are heading once they get into buses and vans but we do know that several non-profits and non-governmental organizations have been helping.

A statement from Sen. Marco Rubio reads: “Everyone knows this is crazy. President Biden’s refusal to enforce our laws is creating a crisis on our southern border, and now he is secretly exporting that crisis to Florida. It is reckless and dangerous.”

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The Martha’s Vineyard migrants were eligible to apply for U-visas after Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar, a Democrat, certified they were victims of a crime, reported The Miami Herald.

Migrants flown to Martha’s Vineyard by Ron DeSantis are now in line for ‘victims of crime’ visas after claiming Florida officials dumped them into boarding planes

• Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sent 49 migrants to the island from Texas in 2022 
• Migrants sent to Martha’s Vineyard claimed they were duped by official
• Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar certified that they were victims of a crime

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The U-nonimmigrant status, known as U-visa, is 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, according to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

Migrants granted a U-visa are eligible to work in the United States, then can apply for a Green Card after having a U-visa for three years.

There is a 10,000 limit on the number of U-visas issued each year and there are thousands of applicants on a waiting list.

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The Florida governor threatened to send Haitian migrants to leafy Democrat enclaves in the north such as Martha’s Vineyard as gang warfare engulfs the embattled Caribbean nation in March.

‘Haitians land in the Florida Keys, their next stop very well may be Martha’s Vineyard,’ DeSantis told podcaster Dana Loesch.