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Stephen Miller

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A former senior advisor in the Trump administration, cited for providing clarifications on the procedural rules governing the 'Big Beautiful Bill', particularly regarding mandatory and discretionary spending.


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Summary

Stephen Miller, born August 23, 1985, is an American political advisor known for his far-right and anti-immigration views. A graduate of Duke University, he began his political career working for U.S. representatives Michele Bachmann and John Shadegg, and later served as communications director for Senator Jeff Sessions. Miller rose to prominence as a key figure in Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign and subsequently in his first administration, where he served as a senior advisor for policy and White House director of speechwriting. He was instrumental in shaping controversial policies such as the travel ban, reduced refugee admissions, and the separation of migrant children from their parents, and reportedly intervened to suppress studies showing positive fiscal impacts from refugees. Miller also played a central role in the resignation of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen. Following revelations from leaked emails that he promoted white nationalist publications and conspiracy theories, he was included on the Southern Poverty Law Center's list of extremists. After Trump's first term, Miller founded the America First Legal Foundation. He is noted as the youngest person and the first millennial to hold the position of homeland security advisor, a role he assumed on January 20, 2025, in Trump's second administration, where he continues to be a highly influential official and primary architect of numerous policies, including clarifying the mechanics of the proposed "Big Beautiful Bill."

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Extracted Attributes
  • Education

    Duke University

  • Controversy

    Promoted white nationalist publications and conspiracy theories

  • Date of Birth

    1985-08-23

  • Place of Birth

    Santa Monica, California, United States

  • Political Stance

    Far-right, Anti-immigration

  • Notable Distinction

    Youngest person and first millennial to serve as United States Homeland Security Advisor

  • Political Affiliation

    Republican Party

  • Listed as Extremist by

    Southern Poverty Law Center

Timeline
  • Born in Santa Monica, California, United States. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, Web Search)

    1985-08-23

  • Became communications director for Senator Jeff Sessions. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)

    2009-XX-XX

  • Joined Donald Trump's presidential campaign. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)

    2016-XX-XX

  • Began serving in Donald Trump's first administration as Senior Advisor for Policy and White House Director of Speechwriting. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)

    2017-01-20

  • Helped write Donald Trump's inaugural address and became a key advisor, authoring policies like the travel ban, reduced refugee admissions, and family separation. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)

    2017-XX-XX

  • Became the primary anti-immigration hardliner in the Trump White House after Steve Bannon's departure. (Source: Web Search)

    2017-08-XX

  • Reportedly played a central role in the resignation of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)

    2019-04-XX

  • Emails were leaked showing he promoted articles from white nationalist publications and espoused conspiracy theories. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)

    2019-11-XX

  • Founded the America First Legal Foundation after leaving the first Trump administration. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia)

    2021-XX-XX

  • Began serving as White House deputy chief of staff for policy and the 12th United States homeland security advisor in Donald Trump's second administration. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, Web Search)

    2025-01-20

  • Emerged as one of the most powerful Trump administration officials and a key author of numerous policies, including clarifying the 'Big Beautiful Bill'. (Source: Summary, Wikipedia, Related Document)

    2025-XX-XX

Stephen Miller (advisor)

Stephen Miller (born August 23, 1985) is an American political advisor serving since January 20, 2025 as the White House deputy chief of staff for policy and as the 12th United States homeland security advisor. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as a senior advisor for policy and White House director of speechwriting during President Donald Trump's first term. His politics have been described as far-right and anti-immigration. A graduate of Duke University, Miller was involved in conservative causes during his youth, serving as the president of the Duke chapter of David Horowitz's Students for Academic Freedom and writing conservative columns for the school newspaper. He pursued a career in politics after his graduation, first working as a press secretary for U.S. representatives Michele Bachmann and John Shadegg. He became the communications director for Senator Jeff Sessions in 2009, who later became the United States attorney general under President Trump. In 2016, he joined Donald Trump's presidential campaign, later joining the first Trump administration as a senior advisor to the president and the White House director of speechwriting. As a speechwriter for Trump, Miller helped write Trump's 2017 inaugural address. He was a key adviser from the early days of Trump's presidency. An immigration hardliner, Miller was a primary author of Trump's travel ban, the administration's reduction of refugees accepted to the United States, and Trump's policy of separating migrant children from their parents. He prevented the publication of internal administration studies that showed that refugees had a net positive effect on government revenues. Miller reportedly played a central role in the resignation in April 2019 of Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen, whom he believed was insufficiently hawkish on immigration. As a White House spokesman, Miller on multiple occasions made false and unsubstantiated claims regarding widespread electoral fraud. Emails leaked in November 2019 showed that Miller had promoted articles from white nationalist publications VDARE and American Renaissance, and had espoused conspiracy theories. Miller is on the Southern Poverty Law Center's list of extremists. After leaving the first Trump administration, he founded the America First Legal Foundation. Miller is the youngest person and the first millennial to serve as homeland security advisor. In Trump's second term, Miller emerged as one of the most powerful Trump administration officials and a key author of numerous policies.

Web Search Results
  • Stephen Miller | Trump, Wife, Immigration, & Facts - Britannica

    Stephen Miller (born August 23, 1985, Santa Monica, California, U.S.) is a Republican political adviser who serves as deputy chief of staff for policy and as homeland security adviser in U.S. Pres. Donald Trump’s second administration (2025– ). He was previously a senior policy adviser during Trump’s first presidential term (2017–21). A prominent figure in conservative politics, Miller is known especially for his anti-immigration views. ## Early life and education [...] Stephen Miller is a prominent figure in conservative politics who has worked closely with Donald Trump. He served as senior policy adviser in Trump’s first presidential term (2017–21) and as deputy chief of staff for policy and homeland security adviser in Trump’s second administration (2025– ). ### What are Stephen Miller’s views on immigration? [...] Stephen Miller attended Duke University, where he studied political science and wrote Miller Time, a polarizing opinion column for the school’s newspaper. He became especially known for his coverage of Duke’s lacrosse scandal. In 2006 the university received national attention when a Black woman who had been hired as a striptease dancer at a party alleged that members of the men’s lacrosse team had raped her. Miller defended the three accused players, and the charges were later dropped. He

  • Stephen Miller | EBSCO Research Starters

    Stephen Miller is a prominent American political figure known for his conservative views and significant role in the Trump administration. Born on August 23, 1985, in Santa Monica, California, Miller's political journey began in high school, where he developed a strong affinity for conservative ideologies, often at odds with his liberal upbringing. He became a senior political adviser to President Donald Trump in 2017, where his influence shaped key policies, particularly regarding immigration. [...] Stephen Miller is a prominent American political figure known for his conservative views and significant role in the Trump administration. Born on August 23, 1985, in Santa Monica, California, Miller's political journey began in high school, where he developed a strong affinity for conservative ideologies, often at odds with his liberal upbringing. He became a senior political adviser to President Donald Trump in 2017, where his influence shaped key policies, particularly regarding immigration. [...] With the August 2017 departure of Steve Bannon, Stephen Miller became the primary anti-immigration hardliner in the Trump White House. He continued to advocate for greater restrictions on immigration, such as reducing the refugee quota to its lowest number since 1980, throughout the remainder of his time in the Trump administration. Media reports sometimes portrayed Miller as an extremist, and this view was often reinforced by his public statements and interactions with news reporters. For

  • Stephen Miller - Southern Poverty Law Center

    Stephen Miller is credited with shaping the racist and draconian immigration policies of President Trump, which include the zero-tolerance policy, also known as family separation, the Muslim ban and ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. Miller has also “purged” government agencies of civil servants who are not entirely loyal to his extremist agenda, according to a report in _Vanity Fair._ [...] Image 9: Stephen Miller White House senior adviser Stephen Miller (center) is seen during a June congressional picnic on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) [...] White House senior policy adviser Stephen Miller (left) and then-chief strategist Steve Bannon watch as President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington in April 2017. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

  • The Cruel World According to Stephen Miller | The Nation

    Stephen Miller was born in 1985 and raised in the coastal paradise of Santa Monica—a semi-urban enclave of wealthy and mostly white liberals, undergirded by the omnipresent labor of immigrants who are neither white nor wealthy. “Laborers maintain this world,” Guerrero notes, most often laborers from Mexico and Central America. The rest of California in the 1980s and ’90s, however, was neither placid nor uniformly liberal. During Miller’s childhood and adolescence, the state was a hotbed of [...] If the only thing one knew about Stephen Miller was that he was a white man, it might be sufficient to explain his alignment with Donald Trump—after all, 60 percent of that demographic supported Trump against Kamala Harris last fall. But identity is complicated, and every other aspect of Miller’s points to the opposite conclusion. At 39, Miller is a millennial (51 percent of voters age 30 to 44 voted for Harris); he was raised Jewish in a Reform congregation (84 percent of Reform Jews voted for [...] Miller has the profile not of a typical Trump supporter but of a garden-variety liberal Democrat. Nevertheless, he is arguably one of the president’s most influential and ideologically fervent loyalists. Having previously served as chief speechwriter and a senior adviser for policy in Trump’s first term, this year he returned to the West Wing as deputy chief of staff for policy and Homeland Security adviser in Trump’s second—roles that mark him as one of the most powerful people in the Trump

  • Stephen Miller - White House (Jan. 2025-), Deputy Chief of Staff for ...

    _by Sean McGlinn on 04/16/2025_ [...] Personal Financial Disclosures ------------------------------ Image 13 Stephen Miller has filed personal financial disclosures. Subscribers to LegiStorm Pro see a summary of all personal financial disclosures filed by Stephen Miller, including some notable items LegiStorm editors have found on the disclosure. Click here to see more LegiStorm Pro benefits and subscribe, or log in to your Pro account. Congressional Salary -------------------- [...] <table width="100%"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: left; padding: 0px; font-size: 13px;"></td><td style="text-align: right; padding: 0px;"></td></tr></tbody></table> Is this you? Claim this page to update your photo and bio info.

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