Ron DeSantis is trying to be 'mini-Trump' and 'following his idol's playbook' by sending migrants to Martha's Vineyard, former federal prosecutor says

• Glenn Kirschner slammed DeSantis' move to fly out migrants to other states.
• "DeSantis is a mini-Trump, following his idol's playbook," Kirschner said.

Former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner denounced Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis following the controversial move to charter a plane to send migrants seeking asylum to another state — saying that he is following in President Trump's footsteps.

"Of course he is,"Kirschner tweeted on Saturday. "DeSantis is a mini-Trump, following his idol's playbook: commit crimes in the harsh light of day & you'll never be held accountable."

He added, "Heck, it's worked for Trump (thus far). These migrants have reported being deceived about their travel."

His comment was in response to a CNN report that DeSantis plans to continue to use "every penny" of the $12 million state budget to transport migrants coming across the Southern US border to other states.

DeSantis took credit for flying 50 migrants to Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts last week as a message to Biden's administration about its border policies.

A spokesperson for DeSantis said that the move was "part of the state's relocation program to transport illegal immigrants to sanctuary destinations."

According to Insider, the immigrants who arrived on the Massachusetts island were picked up from San Antonio, Texas. The migrants who were on board the plane said that they believed that they were headed to the city of Boston.

A migrant told NPR that a woman only identified as Perla baited them from a shelter in San Antonio with planes of getting work permits once they landed.

"She (Perla) offered us help. Help that never arrived," one migrant, named by the outlet as Andres, told NPR. "Now we are here. We got on the plane with a vision of the future, of making it."