Stephen Miller: Trump’s Deputy Chief of Policy – What You Need to Know
Miller, one of Trump’s longest-serving aides, has played a role in many of Trump’s policy proposals, particularly on immigration.
Stephen Miller, former senior policy advisor to President-elect Donald Trump, will return to the White House to serve as deputy chief of policy in Trump’s new administration, according to Vice President-elect JD Vance.
Vance, a Senator from Ohio, confirmed reports of Miller’s appointment via social media.
As the role is not a Cabinet position, it will not require Senate confirmation.
While the names and faces surrounding Trump have changed over the years, Miller has been a fixture on the president-elect’s team since his first presidential bid. He has also been at the center of many of Trump’s policy proposals, particularly on immigration.
Prior to joining Trump’s 2016 campaign, Miller worked for a handful of congressional Republicans, including former Reps. Michelle Bachman (R-Minn.) and John Shadegg (R-Ariz.) and former Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Ala.).
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While serving as Sessions’s communications director, Miller played a pivotal role in defeating the Gang of Eight’s 2013 immigration reform bill, which included a pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants.
Trump later picked Sessions, one of the bill’s most vocal detractors, as his first attorney general.
On the campaign trail in 2016, Miller often served as a spokesman for Trump. He would also hype up the crowds at rallies before the candidate’s speeches, which he had a hand in crafting.
Since leaving the White House, Miller has continued to defend Trump’s policies and agenda as the president of America First Legal, a conservative nonprofit he launched alongside other former Trump advisers in April 2021.
“Those looking to hold the new administration in Washington to account finally have their answer. Our self-imposed policy of legal disarmament is now over.”
Miller was also an active participant in Trump’s latest campaign, speaking ahead of the candidate at events, including the president-elect’s New York rally at Madison Square Garden.
“In nine days, your rescue is coming. In nine days, your salvation is at hand,” Miller told the crowd at the Oct. 27 event.
Describing the election as “a crossroads” in American history and Western civilization, he urged attendees to use their votes to push back against an oppressive political system.
“You have loved your country, you followed the rules, you paid your taxes, you did everything right. And the system keeps on beating you down, beating you down, and beating you down,” Miller said.
“And I say to you, are you going to let that system win? Are you going to surrender, or are you going to follow the example of President Donald J. Trump and fight, fight, fight to the finish and save this nation, save this country, save this civilization, and save this glorious republic?”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
