Inside the Martha’s Vineyard Migrants Investigation (Feat. Rachel Self)

When announcing an investigation last week into the relocation of 48 migrants from Texas to Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar denounced "political posturing" at the expense of asylum-seekers. He also credited one immigration attorney in particular with shining a light on their plight: Rachel Self, who had been on the ground helping the migrants on the island.

On the latest episode of "Objections," Self reflects upon her conversation with the sheriff, her encounters with the immigrants, and the possible criminal liability of those who "victimized" them.

"They knew there would be no infrastructure, nor any organizational capacity on Martha's Vineyard to be able to help anyone," Self said in the interview, referring to those who sent the migrants there. "They knew that they wouldn't be able to leave easily. So it was either designed to be confusing, demoralizing and frightening for them, or maybe worse: It was designed without thinking how they would feel at all, because the people who pulled this stunt didn't think of them as people. And they can't conceive of anyone else thinking of them as people, either."

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