Stephen Miller's relatively rapid path from L.A. to spokesman for a little-known senator from Alabama who operated on GOP's fringes to being the chief policy person shaping nat'l immigration policy remains one of the most controversial and key developments in U.S. policy.
Miller, as the protege of Sessions, gives Trump a policy and ideological framework to use at every turn, turning the president's instincts into actions that for years were lofty, unrealistic ambitions for a deeply conservative Senate staffer. washingtonpost.com/politics/trump…
Why Miller continues to matter, even as he avoids spotlight: He has access to Trump and stokes him on immigration. CoS Kelly is mostly non-ideological and as former DHS head, shares hawkish instincts on border. Sec. Nielsen isn't countering Miller, either. He has lots of runway.
