The New York Times’ Maggie Haberman pointed out what she believes is a somewhat “overlooked” aspect to what will be the role of anti-immigration hardliner Stephen Miller in Donald Trump’s second administration.
Miller, the architect of Trump’s first-term anti-immigration policies, will serve as the White House deputy chief of staff for policy when Trump returns to office on Monday, Haberman noted to CNN’s Kaitlan Collins.
But the longtime Trump aide will also serve as Homeland Security adviser, Haberman said. He will reportedly seek to influence policy on immigration alongside Trump’s new “border czar” Tom Homan, she added.
It “remains to be seen” if Trump will keep all his campaign talk (such as building detention camps to hold undocumented immigrants ahead of deportation), acknowledged the journalist, who is also a political analyst for CNN and has covered Trump for years.
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“We’re going to see what this looks like,” she said. “But I expect that Stephen Miller is going toBut the longtime Trump aide will also serve as Homeland Security adviser, Haberman said. He will reportedly seek to influence policy on immigration alongside Trump’s new “border czar” Tom Homan, she added. and in many cases, was stopped by the agencies that oversee immigration.”
Trump will reportedly sign more than 200 executive actions on his first day back in the Oval Office. Some, per reports, will be aimed at shutting down the U.S.-Mexico border and curbing immigration.