NEW: BuzzFeed News spoke w/ 8 DHS & DOJ officials who who called the Stephen Miller emails “sickening” and “proof” that Miller has been steering a racist immigration policy under President Trump, among other things.
Story: buzzfeednews.com/article/hameda…
Story: buzzfeednews.com/article/hameda…
Some quotes from the officials I spoke w/:
“It’s sickening to know that someone with these viewpoints held a position of trust for a United States Senator and now in the White House."
“It’s sickening to know that someone with these viewpoints held a position of trust for a United States Senator and now in the White House."
“Different people and different administrations can have different attitudes toward immigration, but to have someone with a vendetta against immigrants, and nonwhite immigrants in particular, in charge of this administration’s immigration agenda is beyond the pale."
A senior DHS official speaking about the emails said that “if true, he needs to go” and that regardless, “he should probably step down because his politics have become a distraction.”
Miller’s influence is part of a pattern within the administration of career officials & experts being “ignored while personal agendas are advanced,” a Justice Department official said.
“Cruel policies based on false ‘facts’ are replacing decades of progress,” said the official.
“Cruel policies based on false ‘facts’ are replacing decades of progress,” said the official.
“His obvious disdain for minorities is apparent to anyone paying attention to the dismantling of the refugee program since Trump took office — a program that had bipartisan support before apparent white nationalists took the reins.”
