Stephen Miller at crossroads in Trump admin after he 'backpedaled' on key issue: report

[LetMyPeopleVote]

Stephen Miller is a major league racist who has pushed the immigration crackdown. It was Miller who told ICE and Border Patrol to use harsh tactics and ignore the due process rights. It was Miller who set quotas for arrests. It seems that Miller is being forced to tone things down due to the backlash to the tactics used by ICE and Border Patrol.

Stephen Miller at crossroads in Trump admin after he 'backpedaled' on key issue: report #RawStory

— #TuckFrump (@realtuckfrumper.bsky.social) 2026-04-05T21:58:41.000Z

https://www.rawstory.com/stephen-miller-2676667670/

One of President Donald Trump's fiercest allies in his administration faces a crossroads after he was forced to backpedal on a key issue, according to a new report.

The New York Times reported on Sunday that Stephen Miller, Trump's deputy chief of staff for policy, is facing questions about how he can continue to drive the Trump administration's hard-line approach to enforcing immigration law, given the waning appetite of the Republican Party and the American public over the brutal images of immigrants being forcibly detained by federal agents.

Miller has been a key architect of the Trump administration's immigration policies, and at one time seemed to be telling federal agents to "Push the limits" when it comes to the tactics they use to deport people, according to the report.

"Eight months later, Mr. Miller did something startling — he backpedaled," the report added.

"Now, Mr. Miller, 40, one of the most influential presidential advisers in recent memory and an unabashed champion of Mr. Trump’s hard-line immigrant crackdown, is at a crossroads," it continued. "He faces questions about how aggressively he can continue to drive the deportation campaign, and how much appetite his party and the country have for tactics that proved successful in helping to boost arrests of immigrants but reignited a polarizing debate over what it means to be American."

[JI7]

1. Kind of confusing

Is he being pressurec to be less aggressive on the issue or he is doing it himself AMD it's causing issues with the rest of the white house ?

[SCantiGOP]

12. The link is from Raw Story

They are about as committed to the truth as Newsmax, so don’t try to figure out the nuance.

[Pinback]

15. "Facing questions " -- oh my.

I’m sure he’s shaking in his jackboots.

[dalton99a]

2. Stephen Miller Is Still Pursuing His Immigration Agenda, but More Quietly

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/05/us/politics/stephen-miller-immigration-agenda.html

Stephen Miller Is Still Pursuing His Immigration Agenda, but More Quietly
The architect of President Trump’s mass deportation campaign wants “a moratorium on immigration from third world countries until we can heal ourselves as a nation.” The chaos in Minneapolis has not pushed him off that course.
By Zolan Kanno-Youngs, Hamed Aleaziz, Christopher Flavelle, Emily Cochrane and Glenn Thrush
April 5, 2026 Updated 12:33 p.m. ET

...

Mr. Miller, who holds the dual titles of deputy chief of staff for policy and homeland security adviser, continues to preside over regular calls with national security and immigration officials. He is pushing for new ways to squeeze the lives of undocumented immigrants and those with legal protections, such as making it harder to get public housing or other benefits, officials said. He has targeted those with refugee status, particularly Somalis, a group he has long derided.

He has pushed Republicans in Congress to resist ICE reforms backed by Democrats, while his team in the White House has helped carry out Mr. Trump’s directive to deploy ICE agents to airports. And Mr. Miller is focused on ramping up deportations of noncitizens to faraway countries, with the hopes of encouraging immigrants still in the United States to leave voluntarily.

In addition to his efforts on the federal level, Mr. Miller has worked with politicians in various Republican states to pass anti-immigrant laws. He raised with Texas lawmakers last month the idea of ending public education funding for undocumented children.

In September, after a video showed an ICE officer shoving a woman from Ecuador at a New York City immigration courthouse, department officials announced that the officer had been “relieved of his duties.”

The statement by the agency incensed Mr. Miller, according to two people familiar with the matter. The White House contacted Department of Homeland Security leaders and got the officer back to work.

...

[chowder66]

10. So not backpedaling. Just trying to keep his evil from hitting the news as much.

[struggle4progress]

3. A good mob war in the White House might be just what the country needs!

So it sounds like a win-win to me, if the two of them take out contracts on each other

[democrank]

4. Off topic, but....

How does this co-president get to wear a tan suit? I thought Republicans declared that specific attire to be practically un-American back in the Obama days.

[leftstreet]

8. I'm sure he'd call it taupe

Who dresses him? That brown tie, the whitey white shirt. He looks like a cream-filled croissant with badly tempered chocolate drizzle

[bucolic_frolic]

5. The administration that believes it is right about everything and fully aligned with

the Christian right, is blind to the impact of their policies on the public. This is a failure of morality. IMHO.

[democrank]

6. Almost forgot....

Is this photo of Miller an example of what is meant by mission creep?

[hlthe2b]

7. He is a sadistic monster with the traits of a serial killer, IMHO. I'd dearly love to personally hand

him over to the ICC at the Hague.

[The Madcap]

9. Or pull the lever....

[2naSalit]

11. At the very least...

I want that fucker to be watching over his shoulder every day for the rest of his miserable existence.

[Martin Eden]

13. Ethnic cleansing ain't easy

Miller, Trump, and all the "Replacement Theory" racists share that goal. They also share the quality of hubris, thinking they they can deploy those brutal tactics with impunity.

Miller is of course enthisiastically on board, proud to be the henchman carrying out the king's will. But if the blowback bites, miller will be the scapegoat.

[AnotherMother4Peace]

14. He kisses Krasnov's butt better than anyone. So I think he's probably safe. Nt

[dalton99a]

16. Trump will keep Miller, Cheung, Scavino, Nauta till the end

They are his long-time servants and they know how to read him on a daily basis. Most of the current White House staff and all the Cabinet secretaries are disposable

[FakeNoose]

17. My impression is that he's the "shadow" president who pretty much does what he wants

... but IF he screws up, and IF it reflects badly on Chump, Miller can still be fired like any of the others.

So as long as it it doesn't reflect back on him or Chump ... anyone else can be sacrificed.