I and others have spotlighted Trump’s anti-immigration ‘musle’ guy…
In the below linked NY Times piece there is s focus on how Miller has overstepped past policy and the law to discourage and clamp down on immigration to America, inpaticulat=r people of color….
For his efforts?
Including mass deportations and Blue State cities ICE and CBP enforcement invasions?
He aroused Democratic and even now some Republican lawmakers attention and anger….
Trump HAS had to throttle some of Miller’s actions and right now?
Democrats are holding the entire Homeland Security spending budget for this year in an effort to limit Miller’s actions ….
Of course Federal Judges have been on Miller’s case and have subject US Justice Dept lawyers to beatdown ‘s for coming before then too defend Miller actions….
The NY Times piece points to Trump’s order to Miller to ‘Cool it’ in the media….
But ?
Miller doesn’t take ‘No’ to well….
Like others?
If he causes Trump to much pain?
He’ll be gone….
Not soon enough for a lot of people one would assume….
Now, Mr. Miller, 40, one of the most influential presidential advisers in recent memory and an unabashed champion of Mr. Trump’s hard-line immigrant crackdown, is at a crossroads. He faces questions about how aggressively he can continue to drive the deportation campaign, and how much appetite his party and the country have for tactics that proved successful in helping to boost arrests of immigrants but reignited a polarizing debate over what it means to be American.
The administration has toned down its immigration strategy. Federal agents have drawn down from the streets of major cities, and Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary who had become the face of the policy, is out. Mr. Miller even pulled back his public appearances for a time.
But there is little sense inside the administration that Mr. Miller has lost his standing with Mr. Trump.
Far from acknowledging defeat, Mr. Miller appears to have simply adjusted his strategy in an effort to minimize political fallout. He has remained steadfast in his view that the administration should act to reverse an openness to migration that he has called “the single largest experiment on a society, on a civilization, that has ever been conducted in human history.”
This account of Mr. Miller’s role in the White House and his influence over one of the more far-reaching deportation crackdowns in recent decades is based on interviews with more than two dozen current and former administration officials, local representatives and people who work with Mr. Miller or have knowledge of internal administration deliberations.
Mr. Miller, who holds the dual titles of deputy chief of staff for policy and homeland security adviser, continues to preside over regular calls with national security and immigration officials. He is pushing for new ways to squeeze the lives of undocumented immigrants and those with legal protections, such as making it harder to get public housing or other benefits, officials said. He has targeted those with refugee status, particularly Somalis, a group he has long derided.
He is also putting the finishing touches on a rule to block green cards for immigrants who might need public assistance, according to White House officials. The policy faced legal pushback during Mr. Trump’s first term and was lifted under President Joseph R. Biden Jr. Mr. Miller is focused on crafting the rule to survive in court.
He has pushed Republicans in Congress to resist ICE reforms backed by Democrats, while his team in the White House has helped carry out Mr. Trump’s directive to deploy ICE agents to airports. And Mr. Miller is focused on ramping up deportations of noncitizens to faraway countries, with the hopes of encouraging immigrants still in the United States to leave voluntarily….
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In response to questions sent by The Times for Mr. Miller, Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, said that he remained part of the president’s inner circle.
“Stephen is a trusted and deeply loyal adviser to President Trump and has been critical to the realization of the president’s historic first year in office,” Ms. Leavitt said in a statement. “Stephen has demonstrated great effectiveness and exceptional capability in every one of the president’s policy initiatives.”
Mr. Miller has blamed many of the country’s problems on a landmark 1965 law that paved the way for more Hispanic and Asian immigrants, a shift from primarily allowing in Europeans….
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Rather than Mr. Miller seeing his power recede, he has moved to apply it in other ways, seeking policies that would pressure undocumented immigrants to leave on their own.
On his recent calls with immigration officials, for example, Mr. Miller has asked for information on how immigrants use credit cards, potentially as part of an effort to crack down on their ability to open accounts and spend money, according to officials with knowledge of the discussions.
Mr. Miller has also pursued changes affecting legal migrants, including refugees. He has continued to push ICE to work with the Justice Department to launch investigations into immigrants who illegally obtain public benefits. And he speaks frequently with Mr. Homan, who he has worked with to develop deportation strategies.
Mr. Miller’s influence has also extended beyond Washington….
image….Forbes
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