JUST IN: Trump Brings Back Top Advisor For Coveted White House Role

One of the most prominent Trump advisors is coming back for another role in the White House, and this time he won’t be confined to just matters of immigration.

Stephen Miller, the architect behind President-elect Donald Trump’s mass deportation strategy, is set to be appointed as deputy chief of staff for policy, two sources told CNN on Monday. Miller, 39, has been the face of Trump’s anti-illegal immigration message, shaping outrage at the Biden-Harris administration’s border failure into concrete steps to deport anywhere from tens of thousands to millions of individuals who crossed into the U.S. over the past three years. In his new role, Miller would have the potential to touch every arm of the federal government.

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Trump spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt did not confirm or deny the news. “President-elect Trump will begin making decisions on who will serve in his second administration soon. Those decisions will be announced when they are made,” she told the outlet. However, Vice President-elect J.D. Vance did appear to confirm the appointment, writing a congratulatory message to Miller on X. “This is another fantastic pick by the president,” wrote the Ohio senator.

This is another fantastic pick by the president. Congrats @StephenM! https://t.co/2kQCmbcRy3

— JD Vance (@JDVance) November 11, 2024

Washington, D.C. Republicans probing the border have estimated that as many as 12 million illegal crossings have occurred in the past four years. However, hundreds of thousands also occurred legally under asylum protections that President Joe Biden extended to refugees from Haiti, Venezuela, and other tumultuous third-world countries. President Trump, with Miller’s support, has promised to conduct the “largest mass deportation in American history” and is expected to end those asylum protections, some of which have allowed for the lawful entrance of individuals who went on to commit heinous crimes.

Speaking with Axios earlier this year, Miller and other Trump allies promised to extend “anti-white racism” protections for Americans who feel victimized by affirmative action. The targets could range from maneuvers by publicly-funded universities to circumvent the end of affirmative action to more recent programs spurred by the 2020 death of George Floyd. “As President Trump has said, all staff, offices, and initiatives connected to Biden’s un-American policy will be immediately terminated,” Trump spokesman Steven Cheung told the outlet. Aiding the effort is America First Legal, a conservative legal advocacy group established by Miller which he has called the “long-awaited answer to the ACLU.”

Under AFL, Miller led a suit against the Biden-Harris administration alleging that pandemic-era spending policies were unfairly prioritizing small businesses owned by women, veterans, and the socioeconomically disadvantaged. “This ruling is the first, but crucial, step towards ending government-sponsored racial discrimination,” Miller said after winning a critical court decision. Those sentiments were echoed by Trump, who in 2023 stated, “Every institution in America is under attack from this Marxist concept of ‘equity.’ I will get this extremism out of the White House, out of the military, out of the Justice Department, and out of our government.” Cheung told the outlet, “President Trump is committed to weeding out discriminatory programs and racist ideology across the federal government.”