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Venezuelan migrants deceitfully taken to Martha's Vineyard from Texas could get U.S. visas as compensation

Migrants in Martha's Vineyard (Credit: Reuters)

A group of several dozen Venezuelan migrants who mere deceitfully taken from Texas to Martha's Vineyard in 2022 by the Florida government could get U.S. visas as compensation, La Opinion reported on Tuesday.

Concretely, they could get the benefit for being "victims of a crime," considering they were misled into going to the island. Speaking to the Boston Globe, immigration lawyer Rachel Self said that immigrants who cooperated with the investigation that ensued after the incident were able to request U nonimmigrant status.

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