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Stephen Miller expected to be named Trump’s deputy chief of staff of policy, oversee deportations

Miller is one of the lead writers of Trump's mass deportation plan, "Operation Aurora"

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Stephen Miller, former White House senior advisor for policy, speaks to reporters in the spin room at the McCamish Pavilion on the Georgia Institute of Technology campus in Atlanta, Georgia, on June 27, 2024, after President Joe Biden debated former US President and Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump. (CHRISTIAN MONTERROSA/AFP via Getty Images)
Stephen Miller, former White House senior advisor for policy, speaks to reporters in the spin room at the McCamish Pavilion on the Georgia Institute of Technology campus in Atlanta, Georgia, on June 27, 2024, after President Joe Biden debated former US President and Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump. (CHRISTIAN MONTERROSA/AFP via Getty Images)

Stephen Miller, a longtime adviser to President-elect Donald J. Trump, is expected to assume a central role in policy planning for the incoming administration, according to the New York Times. Sources close to the transition confirmed Miller, who served as a senior aide during Trump’s first term — and has since created the American First Legal Foundation, a nonprofit based on challenging policies of the Biden administration through litigation — is anticipated to be named deputy chief of staff. 

“It remains to be seen how broad Mr. Miller’s portfolio will be, but it is expected to be vast and to far exceed what the eventual title will convey,” the publication reported. 

Sources also anticipate Miller will work closely with Thomas D. Homan in overseeing immigration policy. Trump named Homan, the former acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, as his “border czar” on Sunday. 

Miller is also, as reported by Newsweek, one of the lead writers of Trump’s mass deportation plan, “Operation Aurora,” which aims to address what Trump and his allies have described as an immigration “invasion.” Miller has said a second Trump administration would aim to increase deportations tenfold, targeting more than one million per year. 



 

By Ashlie D. Stevens

Ashlie D. Stevens is Salon's senior food editor. She is also an award-winning radio producer, editor and features writer — with a special emphasis on food, culture and subculture.

Her writing has appeared in and on The Atlantic, National Geographic’s “The Plate,” Eater, VICE, Slate, Salon, The Bitter Southerner and Chicago Magazine, while her audio work has appeared on NPR’s All Things Considered and Here & Now, as well as APM’s Marketplace. She is based in Chicago.


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