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The makings of a terrible human being

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November 2019

Ties to anti-immigrant hate group, Center for Immigration Studies

November 2019: The Southern Poverty Law Center uncovered over 40 emails with materials from the anti-immigration hate group, Center for Immigration Studies (CIS). As The Daily Beast report, “Katie McHugh, a former Breibart reporter who was fired from the website, has told the SPLC that Miller was introduced to her to help shape her reporting. “We used [CIS material] to spin a narrative where immigrants of color were not only dangerous, violent individuals but also posed an existential threat to America,” she said. “We never fact-checked anything. We never called up other organizations to get any other perspective about those studies.… It was understood. You just write it up.”. [Daily Beast, SPLC]

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November 2019

900+ emails between white supremacist, Stephen Miller and white supremacist platform, Breitbart

November 2019: The Southern Poverty Law Center released 900+ emails between Stephen Miller and a Breitbart writer between 2015-2016. The report shows how Miller shared white nationalist sites and literature, recommended a book that touts the white genocide conspiracy theory, praised immigration policies that Hitler once praised, and exposed his ties to anti-immigrant hate group, Center for Immigration Studies. [SPLC]

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October 2019

Trump's idea for a border moat with alligators or snakes

October 2019: In a March meeting in the Oval Office, President Trump ordered that the border wall be shutdown by the next day at noon. He also mentioned how he wanted a “fortifying a border wall with a water-filled trench, stocked with snakes or alligators, prompting aides to seek a cost estimate. He wanted the wall electrified, with spikes on top that could pierce human flesh. After publicly suggesting that soldiers shoot migrants if they threw rocks, the president backed off when his staff told him that was illegal. But later in a meeting, aides recalled, he suggested that they shoot migrants in the legs to slow them down.” [NYT]

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October 2019

Denying visas to immigrants without health insurance

October 2019: The Trump adminsitration will deny visas to immigrants who cannot prove that they will have health insurance or cannot prove their ability to pay medical costs. This is part of Stephen Miller’s efforts to limit what he considers “the financial burdens of allowing immmigrants in the United States.” [NYT]

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September 2019

Limiting Refugee admissions (again!)

September 2019: The Trump administration is considering cutting refugee admissions by half or more (between 10,000 to 15,000). One top official even considered lowering the cap to zero (wouldn’t be surprised if that top official is Stephen!) [NYT]

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August 2019

Denying green cards to legal immigrants

August 2019: The Trump administration issued a final rule that allows the government to deny green cards to legal immigrants who have received certain public benefits. The “public charge” regulation was pushed by Stephen Miller in his efforts to restrict legal immigration. [Politico]

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August 2019

Attempting to Detain Immigrant Families Indefinitely

August 2019: The Trump administration released a new regulation, that would have to be approved by a federal judge, that would abolish the consent decree, a 20-day limit on detaining families in immigration jails. Abolishing this 20-day limit is one of Stephen Miller’s personal objectives. [NYT]

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July 2019

Mass ICE Raids

July 2019: The Trump administration attempted Stephen Miller-backed massive ICE raids. Thankfully due to activist and community efforts, they failed to materialized.  [NPR]

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July 2019

Restricting Asylum Seekers

July 2019: The Trump administration released an interim final rule that would restrict access to the U.S. asylum system for anyone who does not seek protection from other countries which they go through before reaching the U.S. Under current federal law, any undocumented immigrant on U.S. soil who requests asylum must be given an asylum interview. [WaPo]

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June 2019

ICE plans mass raids to "remove" millions of undocumented immigrants

June 2019: President Trump tweeted that his administration will “begin the process of removing” millions of undocumented immigrants and that they’ll be removed “as fast as they come in.” Stephen Miller has been pushing for mass raids. [Slate]

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June 2019

Evicting Undocumented Immigrants from Subsidized Housing

June 2019: Prodded by Stephen Miller, officials with the Department of Housing and Urban Development said that the Trump administration has proposed prohibiting households with at least one authorized immigrant from living in federally subsidized housing. This means that 108,000 people would have to be evicted. [New York Times]

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June 2019

Detaining unaccompanied migrant child in a former WWII Japanese-American internment camp

June 2019: The Trump administration will use Fort Sill, an Oklahoma military base that was used to detain Japanese-Americans during World War II, to detain 1,400 unaccompanied migrant children. With Stephen Miller in charge, these camps will continue to grow. [Esquire]

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June 2019

Inspires "twisted" character on ABC's Designated Survivor

June 2019: The writer-producer of the ABC series Designated Survivor, Neal Baer explains that the “callous and criminally minded strategist for the right-wing populist presidential candidate” in the show is inspired by Stephen Miller. [Daily Beast]

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June 2019

Stephen Miller's pick of Ken Cuccinelli becomes head of USCIS

June 2019: Stephen Miller’s pick for US Citizenship and Immigration Service, Ken Cuccinelli starts as acting director. Cuccinelli advocates for ending birthright citizenship in the U.S. and believes that states have secret “war powers” to fight immigration. [Daily Beast]

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May 2019

Advocating for economy-killing tariffs on Mexico

May 2019: Trump announces a 5 percent tariff on goods from Mexico, and threatens to raise them higher. The tariffs are Miller’s idea, which he pushed for while the vice president was away and Trump’s top economic advisor was having surgery. [Slate]

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May 2019

Supporting Ken Cuccinelli

May 2019: Donald Trump asks for the resignation of L. Francis Cissna, the head of US Citizenship and Immigration Services, a move Stephen Miller had been publicly asking for. Miller asks the president to replace him with Ken Cuccinelli, who believes states have secret “war powers” to fight immigration. [Vox] [Patheos]

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May 2019

Prioritizing wealthy, white immigrants

May 2019: Stephen Miller, alongside Jared Kushner, crafts Trump’s new immigration proposal that would overhaul the immigration system, cut back family-based immigration, and change the nation’s green card system to prioritize wealthy, white immigrants. [Vox]

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April 2019

"Binary choice" at the border

April 2019: Stephen Miller proposes a “binary choice” policy at the border: parents can choose to be separated from their children or held with their children in indefinite detention. [NYT]

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April 2019

DHS isn't tough enough on immigrants

April 2019: President Trump tells Miller “you’re in charge” of the administration’s immigration policy. [WSJ] Shortly thereafter DHS Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen resigns, Kevin McAleenan becomes the acting secretary, and Secret Service Director Randolph Alles is fired. The nomination of Ron Vitiello to lead ICE is pulled in order to go with someone “tougher.” Stephen Miller is understood to be the architect of this shakeup at DHS, because officials weren’t tough enough on immigration. [TNR]

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February 2019

Using immigrants as political pawns

February 2019: Stephen Miller proposes releasing migrants into sanctuary cities as a way to “get back” at Democrats. [Vanity Fair]

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February 2019

Supporting a fake national emergency

February 2019: Stephen Miller defends Trump’s declaration of a national emergency to build a border wall. [The Guardian]

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January 2019

Defaming immigrants in the Oval Office

January 2019: Stephen Miller writes Trump’s oval office speech defaming immigrants as “vicious coyotes and ruthless gangs.” [The Atlantic]

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January 2019

"Not a single refugee foot"

January 2019: Former White House aide Cliff Sims reports that Stephen Miller once said: “I would be happy if not a single refugee foot ever again touched America’s soil.” [Hill Reporter]

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2019

A "blitz" operation to arrest thousands

2019: Stephen Miller proposes a blitz operation to arrest thousands of immigrant parents and their children in cities across the country to send a message that the administration is serious about its crackdown on immigration. [Vanity Fair]

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December 2018

Supporting harmful government shutdown

December 2018: Stephen Miller promotes a government shutdown if the border wall isn’t funded. Asked on CBS if “whatever is necessary” for the border wall included a government shutdown, Miller replied: “If it comes to it, absolutely.” [The Guardian]

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October 2018

Restricting green card holders

December 2018: The Trump administration releases a proposed rule by Stephen Miller that would restrict green card and citizenship applications for legal immigrants whose families have ever used public programs such as Obamacare or CHIP. [Slate]

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September 2018

The lowest refugee cap in history

September 2018: President Trump announces a plan to cap refugee resettlement to 30,000, the lowest level in the program’s history. Stephen Miller had pressed for lowering it further to 25,000. [NYT]

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August 2018

An "immigration hypocrite"

August 2018: Stephen Miller’s uncle Dr. David S. Glosser publishes a piece in Politico calling his nephew an “immigration hypocrite” since he is the descendant of asylum seekers. [Politico]

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May 2018

A losing midterm strategy

May 2018: Stephen Miller outlines the Republican midterm strategy as one designed to create fear of immigrants. [America’s Voice]

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April 2018

Separating 3,000 children from their parents

April 2018: Stephen Miller argues for the implementation of “zero tolerance” at the border — resulting in 3,000 children separated from their families with no plan to be reunited, and continues to advocate for its reinstatement calling it a “simple decision.” [Business Insider] [Splinter News]

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September 2017

Rescinding DACA

September 2017: President Trump rescinds DACA protections on Stephen Miller’s urging. [Real Clear Politics]

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August 2017

That's the whole point of the poem

August 2017: Stephen Miller argues that the poem on the Statue of Liberty does not reflect American values towards immigrants. [ThinkProgress]

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January 2017

Crafting the Muslim Ban

January 2017: Stephen Miller works with Steve Bannon to craft the Muslim Ban executive order. [The Atlantic]

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2016

Supporting the border wall

2016: Stephen Miller supports the border wall. At a Trump rally, he tells the crowd “We’re going to build that wall high and we’re going to build it tall.” [Politico]

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2013

Tanking bi-partisan immigration reform

2013: While working for Jeff Sessions, Stephen Miller fights against bipartisan immigration-reform legislation. After the bill passed the Senate, Miller wrote a 23-page handbook on how to tank the legislation in the House.  [The Atlantic] [Politico]

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2012

Working for Sen. Jeff Sessions

2012: Stephen Miller becomes then-Senator Jeff Sessions’ communications director. [Alabama.com]

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2007

Defending accused rapists

2007: Stephen Miller appears on the O’Reilly Factor to defend the Duke lacrosse players accused of rape. [Business Insider]

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2006

Inviting white nationalists to speak

2006: Stephen Miller invites David Horowitz, who the SPLC designates as leading a white nationalist hate group, to speak at Duke University. [The Atlantic]

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2001/2002

Comparing war opposition to terrorism

2001/2002: After 9/11, Stephen Miller writes op-eds that compare students who oppose US military actions to terrorists. [The Atlantic]

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High School Years

Disrespecting janitors

High School: Stephen Miller runs for student government on a platform that includes increasing the janitorial staff’s workload. “Am I the only one who is sick and tired of being told to pick up my trash when we have plenty of janitors who are paid to do it for us?” he says during a campaign speech. [The Atlantic]

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High School Years

Denying that racism exists

High school: Stephen Miller allegedly denies that racism exists and said it was a thing of the past. [Univision]

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High School

Ruining women's track racing

High School: Stephen Miller jumped into a girl’s track meet to prove that men are athletically superior to women. [The Cut]

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1997

Ending friendships for racist reasons

1997: Stephen Miller informs his friend they can no longer be friends, citing his “Latino heritage” as one of several reasons. [The Atlantic]

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January 7, 1903

Descendant of asylum seekers

January 7, 1903: Stephen Miller’s maternal great-grandfather set foot on Ellis Island after fleeing persecution and forced conscription in Eastern Europe. [NYT]