Stephen Miller | |
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| 12th United States Homeland Security Advisor | |
Designate | |
| Assuming office January 20, 2025 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Succeeding | Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall |
| White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy | |
Designate | |
| Assuming office January 20, 2025 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Chief of Staff | Susie Wiles |
| Succeeding | Bruce Reed |
| Senior Advisor to the President | |
| In office January 20, 2017 – January 20, 2021 Serving with Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Brian Deese Valerie Jarrett Shailagh Murray |
| Succeeded by | Mike Donilon Cedric Richmond |
| White House Director of Speechwriting | |
| In office January 20, 2017 – January 20, 2021 | |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Cody Keenan |
| Succeeded by | Vinay Reddy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | August 23, 1985 Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 3 |
| Education | Duke University (BA) |
| This article is part of a series on |
| Conservatism in the United States |
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Stephen Miller (born August 23, 1985)[1] is an American political advisor who served as a senior advisor for policy and White House director of speechwriting to President Donald Trump.[2] His politics have been described as far-right and anti-immigration.[1][3] He was previously the communications director for then-Senator Jeff Sessions. He was also a press secretary for U.S. representatives Michele Bachmann and John Shadegg.
As a speechwriter for Trump, Miller helped write Trump's 2017 inaugural address.[4][5][6] He was a key adviser from the early days of Trump's presidency. An immigration hardliner, Miller was a chief architect of Trump's travel ban,[7][8][9] the administration's reduction of refugees accepted to the United States,[10] and Trump's policy of separating migrant children from their parents.[11] He prevented the publication of internal administration studies that showed that refugees had a net positive effect on government revenues.[12][13] Miller reportedly played a central role in the resignation in April 2019 of Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen, whom he believed was insufficiently hawkish on immigration.[14][15]
As a White House spokesman, Miller on multiple occasions made false and unsubstantiated claims regarding widespread electoral fraud.[5][16][17] Emails leaked in November 2019 showed that Miller had promoted articles from white nationalist publications VDARE and American Renaissance, and had espoused conspiracy theories.[18][19] Miller is on the Southern Poverty Law Center's list of extremists.[20][21]
In November 2024, it was announced that Miller would serve as Trump's homeland security advisor and deputy chief of staff for policy in his second term.
- ^ a b Kranz, Michal (January 22, 2018). "How a 32-year-old far right darling became the man who writes Trump's biggest speeches — and the one person people keep blaming for the shutdown". Business Insider. New York City: Insider Inc. Archived from the original on April 8, 2019. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
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- ^ McKelvey, Tara (January 23, 2018). "Stephen Miller: How much influence does he have on Trump?". BBC News. Archived from the original on March 31, 2019. Retrieved January 26, 2018.
- ^ a b Dawsey, Josh; Johnson, Eliana (April 13, 2017). "Trump's got a new favorite Steve". Politico. Arlington, Virginia: Capitol News Company. Archived from the original on May 24, 2018. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
- ^ "Who is Stephen Miller, the Jewish adviser behind Trump's 'American Carnage'?". Haaretz. January 23, 2017. Archived from the original on September 13, 2018. Retrieved April 16, 2017.
- ^ Bennett, Brian (January 29, 2017). "Travel ban is the clearest sign yet of Trump advisors' intent to reshape the country". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. Archived from the original on June 17, 2018. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
- ^ Savransky, Rebecca (January 30, 2017). "Scarborough singles out Trump aide Stephen Miller for 'power trip'". The Hill. Archived from the original on June 17, 2018. Retrieved January 30, 2017.
- ^ Perez, Evan; Brown, Pamela; Liptak, Kevin (January 30, 2017). "Inside the confusion of the Trump executive order and travel ban". CNN. Archived from the original on February 18, 2018. Retrieved February 19, 2018.
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- ^ Walker, Chris (July 16, 2020). "Southern Poverty Law Center Adds Stephen Miller to Its List of Extremists". Truthout. Archived from the original on July 16, 2020. Retrieved July 17, 2020.
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