White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, a senior adviser to President Donald Trump and a central figure in shaping the administration's immigration policy, said that undocumented migration is responsible for exacerbating everyday issues in American cities, including traffic.
Speaking to Fox News host Jesse Watters, Miller said:
"Why is it that Democrats are so insistent that unlimited numbers of illegals from countries that are incapable of managing their own affairs come here? Countries like Somalia, countries like Haiti... What has it done to our schools? What has it done to our hospitals? What has it done to just traffic in our cities?"
Stephen Miller: “Why is it that Democrats are so insistent that unlimited numbers of illegals from countries that are incapable of managing their own affairs come here?”
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Miller used the interview to push a broader narrative that immigration has degraded public services and safety:
"Every issue that affects our quality of life—public safety, drugs, crime, education, health care, waiting in the emergency room—all exacerbated, worsened, and undermined by mass illegal immigration"
Miller also defended actions by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), claiming agents face increasing hostility due to Democratic opposition. "ICE officers are heroes, and they need the support of the American people," Miller stated. "President Trump is liberating our towns, just as he promised."
It is far from the first such comment by Miller. In late April, during an interview on Newsmax, he argued that American citizens deserve financial compensation for what he described as the societal costs of immigration:
"We all deserve reparations for what has been stolen from us," Miller said, referencing public education, crime rates, and drug-related deaths. He offered no data to support these claims but cited open borders as the root cause. "Nobody's learning how to read or write. An entire generation of Americans... have been robbed of educational opportunities"
Miller is a key figure behind the administration's escalation of immigration enforcement. and is, along with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, the mastermind pushing ICE to carry out 3,000 arrests per day, triple the early rate from Trump's first term. The push comes as ICE detentions exceed congressional limits, with over 139,000 deportations reported in Trump's first 100 days.
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