Miller and Homan: Architects of Fear Return to Power

Trump's Immigration Chiefs Signal Dark Times Ahead for Families

COLUMN — "The fuck is this guy?" That was Jacob Soboroff's first take on Stephen Miller, per his documentary with Errol Morris. SEPARATED covers the family separation policies of Donald Trump's first term in the White House.

I had the same reaction to Miller when we first met in the green room of CNN"s Washington, D.C. bureau. At the time, Miller was an aide to then-Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) who allowed his young staffer to do TV hits.

My job back then was booking Democrats on news and talk shows. This often meant chaperoning pundits to broadcast studios around the Beltway. In that time, I never met a Hill staffer authorized by their office to appear live on national TV.

A year or so later, Miller was a top aide in the West Wing, still operating with incredible latitude, still doing TV hits, while somehow never taking too much of the political spotlight off his boss new boss, President Donald Trump.

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Miller's return as White House deputy chief of staff for policy doesn't bode well for migrants. Incredible latitude is a feature of federal immigration policy, with enormous discretionary authority wrested in the president.

Tom Homan, the new 'Border Czar' — an aggressive title for a made-up role created to supervise mass deportations — will report directly to Trump. Miller will report to White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, one of the few checks on Miller’s latitude.