President-elect Donald Trump has tapped immigration hawk Stephen Miller as White House deputy chief of staff for policy.
Vice President-elect J.D. Vance took to social media to congratulate Miller on the promotion Monday.
“This is another fantastic pick by the president. Congrats @StephenM!” he wrote on X.
Miller served under the first Trump administration as a former senior adviser, during which he pushed for the separation of immigrant families in 2018 and more restrictive immigration policies to safeguard the border.
In his second term in office, Trump is planning to enact a mass deportation of immigrants and has already announced Tom Homan, former U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement director, as “border czar.”
Immigration and migrant crime were top concerns for voters, and the president-elect’s swing state sweep reflects the mandate to enact the border crackdown he pledged.
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