Analysis: Stephen Miller says tough immigration policies protect Americans. His critics see something darker.
By Eugene Scott Eugene Scott Reporter covering identity politics for The Fix Email Bio Follow April 10 at 7:16 AM Over the last few days, President Trump has signaled a major shake-up at the Department of Homeland Security. Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen was asked to step down; other top officials may soon follow. White House sources say it’s part of a plan to get tougher on immigration.Miller helped craft some of the president’s most controversial immigration policies.
He has explained this as a broader push for law and order. “Right now, as we speak, there is a surge of illegal immigration heading towards our country that presents a national crisis now,” Miller said on CNN, while defending the president’s government shutdown in January. “This president took an oath like every lawmaker in Congress to defend the citizens of this country.
Even in high school, Miller pushed back against these ideas, often arguing that he was doing so to promote free speech. Conversations about diversity and multiculturalism were prevalent at Santa Monica High School. Miller continued to provoke and nurture his conservatism at Duke University. As a student, Miller invited conservative activist David Horowitz to campus and wrote a controversial college newspaper column in which he argued, among other things, that multiculturalism threatens American identity.
Miller rejects the idea that he is shaping the president’s immigration policy. He says he is just carrying out what Trump wants. “My job is simple,” he told the Atlantic. “The president has made clear what he wants to accomplish, and I’ll do the best I can to help that happen.”
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