Jared Kushner condemns Ron DeSantis' 'very troubling' migrant flights to Martha's Vineyard - and his use of people as 'political pawns'

• The former White House senior advisor appeared on the Fox wand expressed his criticism on Florida governor's actions
• Kushner was shown clips of DeSantis discussing the bold move of transporting approximately 50 migrants to the exclusive Martha's Vineyard area
• Kushner said: 'We have to remember these are human beings' 
• DeSantis mocked the liberal outrage on the clip played on the Fox talk show 
• 'You got have 50 die in Texas in a trailer because they were being neglected,' DeSantis said in the clip, referring to a tragic incident in June, a report said

Jared Kushner has condemned Florida governor Ron DeSantis' recent move to fly migrants to Martha's Vineyard - calling it 'very troubling' for people to be 'used as political pawns.'

The former White House senior advisor appeared on Fox where he was shown clips of DeSantis discussing his bold move of flying dozens of migrant to Martha's Vineyard on September 15.

Two planes carrying about 50 migrants were flown into Martha's Vineyard. The flights that were paid for by DeSantis left San Antonio to the exclusive New England area.

 Kushner said: 'We have to remember these are human beings.' 

'They're people. So seeing them being used as political pawns one way or the other is very troubling to me,' he said.  

'Many of them are exploited, put in human trafficking and modern slavery in a lot of ways,' he added.

He then took the opportunity to criticize President Joe Biden's handling of the crisis at the border, and applauded former President Donald Trump - his father-in-law's - immigration policy.

He felt certain that the focus should be on 'coyotes' - those people who smuggle migrants across the border for 'a lot of money.'

DeSantis mocked the liberal outrage on the clip played on the Fox talk show on Tuesday.

'You got have 50 die in Texas in a trailer because they were being neglected,' DeSantis said in the clip, referring to a tragic incident in June, Yahoo News reported

'Was there a freak-out about that? No there wasn't,' he claimed.

During his rebuttal, DeSantis failed to mention that many politicians including Biden were devastated when 51 migrants died in a tractor-trailer in San Antonio on June 27 from inhumane conditions - no water or  air-conditioning - considered one of the  deadliest smuggling incident of its kind in U.S. history. 

Biden had pledged to prevent anything like that happening again. 

'It's only when 50 get put into Martha's Vineyard,' that outrage follows, DeSantis said in the clip, which host Emily Compagno agreed with.

Kushner branded the crisis at the border a 'humanitarian catastrophe,' and chastised the Biden administration after it reversed Trump's former immigration policies that had been in place.

Many of the residents that live on Martha's Vineyard that is located near Cape Cod and is only able to be reached either by boat or by plane attempted to accommodate the asylum seekers temporarily before they were moved to a military base, Yahoo News reported.

The unannounced flight drew anger from Massachusetts officials.

'We have the governor of Florida ... hatching a secret plot to send immigrant families like cattle on an airplane,' said state Rep. Dylan Fernandes, who represents Martha's Vineyard, NPR reported. 

'Ship them women and children to a place they weren't told where they were going and never alerted local officials and people on the ground here that they were coming. It is an incredibly inhumane and depraved thing to do.'

A federal lawsuit against DeSantis was later filed by the group of migrants saying they were misled with promises of accommodation and jobs and calling the move, 'premeditated, fraudulent, and illegal scheme.'