Lawyer Says The Martha's Vineyard Migrants Were Told To Give Falsified Documents

The migrants who crossed the southern U.S. border and were later flown in two planeloads to Marthas Vineyard were given falsified addresses corresponding to random homeless shelters for their official paperwork, according to a Boston immigration attorney.

Rachel Self suggested Friday that this was done purposefully by Department of Homeland Security officials to make it more difficult for the migrants to stay in the country.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) took credit for arranging and funding the flights, which landed Wednesday afternoon at the wealthy island community off the coast of Massachusetts. He aimed to make a point about the surge in migration along the border with Mexico, even though his state does not abut the country.

The Miami Herald reported that Self is assisting with the migrants cases.

She told reporters that the group of 50 men, women and children largely from Venezuela were processed by DHS agents before leaving San Antonio.

Rachel Self, a Boston immigration attorney tells you everything you need to know about immigrants sent to Marthas Vineyard.

Theyd been given falsified U.S. addresses by immigration officials, perhaps ensuring that theyd be deemed in the country illegally. pic.twitter.com/mBp7AqBow1

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Rachel Self, a Boston immigration attorney tells you everything you need to know about immigrants sent to Marthas Vineyard.

Theyd been given falsified U.S. addresses by immigration officials, perhaps ensuring that theyd be deemed in the country illegally. pic.twitter.com/mBp7AqBow1
Skyleigh Heinen (@Sky_Lee_1) September 16, 2022

Some of the migrants had specifically told the DHS agents that they had no mailing address in the United States, Self said.

They had allegedly been instructed to notify U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services the wrong agency once they changed addresses.

This is especially troubling, as anyone with even the most basic understanding of the immigration proceedings knows that USCIS was not the agency with whom the migrants would have to record their addresses, Self said during a press conference.