Some of the 49 migrants flown to Martha’s Vineyard by the state of Florida are now able to legally work in the United States and have temporary protections from deportation — because they are considered victims of a potential crime, their attorney says.
The migrants are eligible for these protections because they applied for a special kind of visa meant for crime victims who are helping law enforcement, after they said they were tricked into taking charter flights from San Antonio to Massachusetts with false promises of jobs and other aid, said Rachel Self, an attorney for the migrants.
I mean, it’s not like we’re rescuing people from a natural disaster or something out of our control here, we’re stopping an unjust government action from being taken against some people but not others. The only thing stopping us from extending this same humane treatment to all of them is political indifference.
You know what? I fucken agree. Fuck the bureaucracy. All these people deserve the same treatment.
What if one of them kicked your cat?
I agree with you in principle, but without knowing the story of every individual, we simply don’t know.