Trump to nominate immigration hardliner Stephen Miller as deputy chief of staff: NPR

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Stephen Miller, senior adviser to President-elect Donald Trump, speaks at a campaign rally Oct. 11 in Aurora, Colo.

Stephen Miller, senior adviser to President-elect Donald Trump, speaks at a campaign rally Oct. 11 in Aurora, Colo.

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President-elect Donald Trump is expected to name Stephen Miller as White House deputy director of policy.

The role puts Miller back in the White House, where he is expected to take a lead role in writing and implementing Trump’s immigration agenda, which includes plans for mass deportations of undocumented immigrants.

“This is another great choice by the president,” Vice President JD Vance wrote on x.com, an apparent confirmation of Miller’s appointment rumors, first reported by CNN.

Miller is one of Trump’s longest-serving and most trusted advisers. He worked with Trump on his 2016 presidential campaign before joining him in the White House as a senior adviser.

He is best known for his role as the lead author of some of the Trump administration’s strongest immigration plans in his first administration, including the highly controversial zero-tolerance policy that led to children being separated from their parents.

When Trump left office, Miller went on to start America First Legal, a non-profit meant to be the conservative version of the ACLU. It worked with conservative lawyers who filed hundreds of lawsuits and legal claims, on behalf of conservative causes and against Democrats.

Miller is likely to be one of the most controversial picks in a new Trump administration. But because the deputy job is not a cabinet position, he does not need to seek Senate confirmation.

In the final leg of Trump’s 2024 campaign, Miller reprized his warm-up role at some rallies.

“You can get your country back, you can get your future back, you can get your state back,” Miller said during one of Trump’s final rallies in Salem, Va.

“You can look your kids in the eye and say, ‘We did it, we saved America, we saved this republic. We didn’t let it be stolen from us.'”