Gabinete de los Horrores: Stephen Miller¶

Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and Homeland Security Advisor — Architect of the Mortui Vivos Docent¶

Published by: Mortui Vivos Docent Intelligence Project
Last Updated: 2026-02-11 (enriched)
Confidence: HIGH -- 50+ sources across Tier 1-2 outlets, court filings, leaked emails, official statements, video evidence, and financial disclosures

Summary¶

Stephen N. Miller (born August 23, 1985) is the White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and Homeland Security Advisor. He is the primary architect of the Trump administration's immigration enforcement apparatus — a system that has, under his direction, killed U.S. citizens, deported people in violation of court orders, separated thousands of families, expanded immigration detention to record levels, and generated the largest domestic deployment of federal agents since the Civil Rights era.

Miller holds no Senate-confirmed position. He did not go to law school. He has never testified before Congress on immigration policy. Yet he exercises daily operational control over the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and Customs and Border Protection through daily 10 a.m. conference calls — including Saturdays — where he demands updates and pressures senior officials. He calls DHS Secretary Kristi Noem multiple times per day. An anonymous ally told NBC News he is "the most consequential" official in the White House since Vice President Dick Cheney.

His radicalization into white nationalist ideology is documented from high school through the present, including 900 leaked emails to Breitbart News promoting white nationalist literature, a collaboration with Richard Spencer at Duke University, and a career-long pattern of implementing increasingly extreme anti-immigration policies. He personally profits from the enforcement system through stock holdings in Palantir, a key ICE contractor.

He has faced zero accountability.

Timeline of Key Actions¶

Early Radicalization (2001-2007)¶

1998 (Middle school): Radicalization began. Purchased subscription to Guns & Ammo magazine. Inspired by Wayne LaPierre's writings. Friend Chris Moritz introduced him to Thomas Sowell and Milton Friedman. (Sources: LA Magazine oral history; SPLC)
1999-2003 (Santa Monica High School): Rallied against Spanish-language announcements. After 9/11, wrote a column titled "A Time to Kill" espousing anti-Islamic views. Ran for student announcer with a speech mocking janitors -- lost the election. Began writing for David Horowitz's FrontPage Magazine. Appeared on The Larry Elder Show as a teenager (multiple times). Urged Latino students to speak only English, ending a friendship with a Latino classmate. Invited Horowitz to speak at his school -- the school initially canceled, then relented under a Larry Elder radio campaign. Horowitz, classified by the SPLC as an anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant extremist, became a mentor and "father figure" to Miller, teaching him to "use the language of the civil rights movement against the civil rights movement." Horowitz later described Miller: "Steve Miller is obviously a very brilliant young man, and he was when I met him when he was about 18." (Sources: SPLC Extremist File; NPR; Jean Guerrero, Hatemonger; LA Magazine oral history; PBS Frontline interview with Horowitz)
2003-2007 (Duke University): Founded a chapter of Horowitz's Students for Academic Freedom. Organized "Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week." Served as first national coordinator of Horowitz's "Terrorism Awareness Project." Led the Duke Conservative Union, where Richard Spencer served as graduate adviser. In 2007, Miller and Spencer co-organized an event featuring Peter Brimelow, founder of the white nationalist website VDARE. An email obtained by The Electronic Intifada confirms their direct collaboration. Spencer later told Mother Jones he acted as Miller's "mentor." (Sources: SPLC; Slate; Electronic Intifada; Mother Jones)

Senate Career (2009-2016)¶

2009: Hired as press secretary for Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL), the most anti-immigration senator in the U.S. Senate. Connected to Sessions through David Horowitz's network. (Source: SPLC Extremist File; PBS News)
2013: Played a key role in killing the bipartisan "Gang of Eight" immigration reform bill that would have created a path to citizenship for millions. Used Breitbart News as a propaganda outlet to attack the legislation. (Sources: PBS News; SPLC)
2014: Promoted to chief of communications for Sessions. Wrote and distributed an anti-immigration handbook of talking points that Sessions credited with influencing Congressional votes. (Sources: Politico; PBS News)
2015-2016: Sent approximately 900 emails to Breitbart editors promoting white nationalist content, including links to VDARE, American Renaissance, and the racist novel The Camp of the Saints. He recommended coverage of eugenics-era immigration laws praised by Adolf Hitler in Mein Kampf. More than 80% of his emails related to race or immigration. Former Breitbart editor Katie McHugh: "My editors were expecting me to take white nationalist material from Stephen Miller and put it into News stories in order to boost the campaign of Donald Trump." (Sources: SPLC Hatewatch five-part series, November 2019; CNN; NPR; PBS; Washington Post)
January 2016: Joined Trump's presidential campaign as senior policy adviser at the recommendation of Steve Bannon. (Source: PBS News; SPLC)

First Trump Administration (2017-2021)¶

January 27, 2017 — Muslim Ban: Co-authored Executive Order 13769 with Steve Bannon, without input from the DOJ's Office of Legal Counsel. Barred nationals from seven predominantly Muslim countries. More than 700 travelers were detained and up to 60,000 visas "provisionally revoked." Caused chaos at airports nationwide. Struck down by courts. On February 12, 2017, Miller appeared on CNN defending the ban and declared: "Our president's powers will not be questioned" -- a statement legal scholars called a repudiation of constitutional checks and balances. After three revisions, the third version was upheld by the Supreme Court in June 2018. Miller later acknowledged the first version was "kind of a disaster" -- in terms of execution, not intent. (Sources: SPLC; court records; PBS; CNN; Wikipedia)
September 2017 — DACA Termination: Pushed Trump to rescind Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, affecting approximately 700,000 undocumented immigrants brought to the US as children. When Trump appeared open to compromise, Miller was deliberately excluded from a bipartisan dinner where a framework was discussed. By the next morning, he was strategizing with Senator Tom Cotton to add conservative poison pills. Miller packed subsequent negotiations with demands he knew Democrats would reject. Senator Susan Collins: Trump was "obviously under pressure from hardliners like Stephen Miller to do the wrong thing." In February 2018, four Senate immigration bills were voted on; the Trump/Miller bill received the fewest votes. The SPLC's analysis of Miller's leaked emails revealed he believed DACA recipients would "advance the reshaping of U.S. demographics by replacing native-born citizens" -- the Great Replacement theory. The Supreme Court ruled the DACA rescission unlawful in June 2020 (5-4 decision). (Sources: SPLC; America's Voice; PBS; CNN; NBC News)
August 2, 2017 -- "Cosmopolitan Bias" Exchange: At a White House press briefing promoting a skills-based immigration bill, CNN's Jim Acosta cited the Statue of Liberty's "Give me your tired, your poor" inscription. Miller dismissed the poem as "added later" and "not a part of the original Statue of Liberty." When Acosta asked if the administration would only admit English speakers from Great Britain and Australia, Miller responded: "It reveals your cosmopolitan bias to a shocking degree." ("Cosmopolitan" has a well-documented history as an antisemitic and white nationalist dog whistle.) He called Acosta's questions "one of the most outrageous, insulting, ignorant, and foolish things you've ever said." The exchange became a defining moment of his ideology. (Sources: Variety; Washington Post; Forward; NPR; CNN)

5,556 Children Separated — ~1,000 Still Missing

At least 5,556 children were torn from their parents under Miller's zero-tolerance policy. As of September 2023, approximately 1,000 remained separated. No reunification plan was ever established.

April 2018 — Family Separation / Zero Tolerance: As architect of the policy, Miller called a White House meeting and "accused anyone opposing zero tolerance of being a lawbreaker and un-American." He said: "If we don't enforce this, it is the end of our country as we know it." The policy separated nearly 3,000 children from their parents during the active zero tolerance period, including nursing infants and toddlers. In total, at least 5,556 children were separated from parents or guardians under the Trump administration (ACLU count including pre- and post-zero tolerance separations). Miller proposed plans that would have separated an additional 25,000 children -- including those who legally presented themselves seeking asylum. Three former officials confirmed he "saw the separation of families not as an unfortunate byproduct but as a tool to deter more immigration." No plan was established to track separated children or reunite families. ORR Director Scott Lloyd directed staff not to maintain a list of separated children. ICE enforcement head Matthew Albence told colleagues to prevent reunification even after parents were processed, saying it "undermines the entire effort." Parents were told that agreeing to deportation would get their children back; it did not. As of September 2023, approximately 1,000 children remained separated. A Biden administration official stated: "We will never get to the point where we have a total number of separated families, and, thus, nor will we ever get to a point where every single separated family has been reunited." Julian Castro called the meeting and subsequent separations "a damning display of white supremacy in action." (Sources: NBC News; New York Times; American Oversight; DOJ Inspector General; ACLU; Human Rights Watch; PBS; Esquire)
Throughout the first term: Slashed refugee admissions to record lows. Strangled the asylum system. Promoted the public charge rule. Placed handpicked appointees across agencies. Called mid-level DHS employees to pressure them directly. (Sources: American Oversight; SPLC; PBS)

Between Terms (2021-2024)¶

April 2021: Founded America First Legal Foundation (AFL), calling it "the long awaited answer to the ACLU." Staffed with former Trump officials including AG Matthew Whitaker and Chief of Staff Mark Meadows (since indicted). Revenue grew from $6 million (2021) to $44 million (2022), with $27 million from a single donor: The Bradley Impact Fund. Filed over 100 lawsuits, complaints, and FOIA requests targeting DEI programs, LGBTQ protections, racial equity programs, and sanctuary cities. Was on the advisory board of Project 2025 until he removed AFL in July 2024 due to negative attention. (Sources: Democracy Docket; SourceWatch; Washington Post; InfluenceWatch)

Personal Power Network¶

Miller married Katie Waldman on February 16, 2020, at the Trump International Hotel in Washington, D.C. Katie Miller served as Vice President Pence's press secretary and communications director. In Trump's second term, Katie became a top spokesperson and adviser for Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), serving as "the key intermediary, delivering the DOGE message of the day to the rest of the administration." This made the Miller household a nexus between Trump's policy agenda and Musk's government-cutting operation. The Millers, along with personnel chief Sergio Gor, are described as the only "untouchable" members of Trump's White House. (Sources: CNN; NBC News; Axios; Wikipedia)

Second Trump Administration (2025-Present)¶

January 20, 2025: Oversaw writing of Day One executive orders: national emergency at the border, asylum suspension, end of catch-and-release, birthright citizenship challenge, near-total refugee admissions suspension, terrorist designations for cartels, expedited removal expansion. All undocumented immigrants designated as targets for removal. (Sources: Executive order texts; PBS; Wikipedia)
March 2025 — Alien Enemies Act Deportations: Masterminded the use of the 1798 Alien Enemies Act — previously invoked only during the War of 1812, WWI, and WWII — to deport approximately 250 people to El Salvador's CECOT prison without due process. CBS "60 Minutes" found no criminal records for 75% of those sent to CECOT. Courts ruled their due process rights were violated. The government flew deportees after a judge explicitly ordered them not to. Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a man with court-ordered protection from removal, was illegally deported; the Supreme Court unanimously ruled the government must facilitate his return. Miller blamed the DOJ lawyer who admitted the error, calling him "a saboteur, a Democrat." (Sources: CLINIC legal analysis; Supreme Court ruling; ABC News; MSNBC)
May 9, 2025 — Habeas Corpus Threat: Miller publicly stated the administration was "actively looking at" suspending habeas corpus: "The Constitution is clear... the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus can be suspended at a time of invasion." Legal scholars universally condemned the argument. Georgetown's Steve Vladeck: "to casually suggest that habeas might be suspended because courts have ruled against the executive branch in a handful of immigration cases is to turn the Suspension Clause entirely on its head." Even Justice Scalia had written that this power rests solely with Congress. (Sources: CNN; CNBC; Axios; NBC News; PBS — all May 9, 2025)
May 2025 — Arrest Quotas: Confirmed a daily arrest quota of 3,000 immigrants, which he called "a floor, not a ceiling." At a May 21 meeting at ICE headquarters, he "laid into top immigration officials" demanding higher numbers. DHS later denied quotas existed, but private prison company GEO Group referenced them as "common industry knowledge" on earnings calls. (Sources: Axios; CNN; GEO Group earnings call)
December 2025 -- Attack on the 1965 Immigration Act: On Fox News (The Will Cain Show), Miller attacked the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 -- the landmark civil rights-era law that replaced racially discriminatory national-origins quotas. Miller called it "the single largest experiment on a society, on a civilization, ever conducted in human history" involving "not just the 76 million immigrants that were brought in largely from the third world, but their descendants, too." He singled out Somalia: "If Somalians cannot make Somalia successful, why would we think that the track will be any different in the United States?" He suggested the country was better off with the 1920s quota system that favored Western and Northern European immigrants. This rhetoric came simultaneous to his administration targeting the Minneapolis Somali community. Critics noted his framing borrows directly from the Great Replacement theory and "assigns inherited cultural deficiency to entire groups." The SPLC documented that Miller's opposition to the 1965 Act is longstanding -- he was the "brainchild" behind a 2015 Breitbart story attacking the law on its 50th anniversary. (Sources: CNN; RealClearPolitics; SPLC; Crooks and Liars; Townhall)
December 4, 2025 — Operation Metro Surge: DHS launched the largest immigration enforcement operation in American history, deploying up to 3,000 federal agents to Minneapolis-St. Paul — five times the size of the Minneapolis Police Department. Miller's daily pressure calls and quota system drove the operation. (Sources: Wikipedia; Britannica; City of Minneapolis)
~January 9, 2026 — "Federal Immunity" Statement: On Fox News, Miller told ICE agents: "To all ICE officers: You have federal immunity in the conduct of your duties. Anybody who lays a hand on you or tries to stop you or tries to obstruct you is committing a felony." DHS reposted this clip on its official X account January 13, 2026. There is no such thing as blanket "federal immunity" for law enforcement officers. (Sources: FOX 9; Daily Beast; New Republic; DHS official X account)

Pattern: Defaming the Dead

Miller publicly labeled Alex Pretti a "domestic terrorist" and "assassin" within hours of federal agents killing him -- the same label the administration applied to Renee Good. In both cases, video evidence contradicted every administration claim.

January 24, 2026 — Defamation of Alex Pretti: Within hours of federal agents killing ICU nurse Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, Miller posted on social media calling him "a domestic terrorist," "would-be assassin," and "an assassin." He wrote: "A would-be assassin tried to murder federal law enforcement." Multiple bystander videos showed Pretti holding a cellphone, not a weapon. Pretti had no criminal record. Three days later, Miller said officials were "evaluating" why agents "may not have been following" protocol — blaming CBP rather than retracting his statements. He never apologized. (Sources: ABC News; CNN; NBC News; Washington Post; CBS News)
January 2026: Called Minnesota officials' resistance to the enforcement surge "an insurgency against the federal government." Suggested on the Charlie Kirk Show that the DOJ could bring charges against state officials. (Source: The Hill)

Deaths Connected¶

Direct Causal Chain¶

Renee Good (January 7, 2026, Minneapolis) — A 37-year-old American woman, mother of three, shot and killed by ICE agent Jonathan Ross through her car window during Operation Metro Surge. Miller drove the creation of Metro Surge through daily pressure calls and arrest quotas. Days before her killing, Miller told agents they had "federal immunity" — a message DHS amplified on its official social media. After her death, the administration labeled her a "domestic terrorist."

Alex Pretti (January 24, 2026, Minneapolis) — A 37-year-old American ICU nurse at a VA hospital, shot approximately 10 times by federal agents while filming them during the same operation. Miller defamed him as a "domestic terrorist" and "would-be assassin" within hours, despite video evidence showing he held a cellphone and that an agent removed his legally carried firearm before the shooting. Miller's "federal immunity" statement and daily quota pressure created the conditions for this killing.

Family Separation Victims (2018) — At least 5,556 children separated from parents or guardians under Miller's zero-tolerance policy (ACLU final count). Documented deaths in custody, widespread psychological trauma. As of September 2023, approximately 1,000 children still not reunited. Miller proposed separating 25,000 more -- including those who legally presented themselves seeking asylum.

Connected Through Detention Expansion¶

2025: Deadliest Year in ICE Detention Since 2004

31 people died in ICE custody in 2025 — nearly triple the 11 deaths in 2024. At least 6 more died in January 2026, including homicides at Camp East Montana and Fort Bliss.

31 people died in ICE detention in 2025 — the highest toll since 2004, nearly triple the 11 deaths in 2024. Miller's quota system drove mass detention; his budget advocacy funded the expansion; reduced oversight removed safeguards. ICE halted medical contractor payments in October 2025. At least 6 more deaths followed in January 2026, including cases ruled homicides at Camp East Montana and Fort Bliss.

Connected Through Enforcement Escalation¶

At least 30 shootings by immigration agents since January 20, 2025, resulting in 8 deaths. A 2,450% increase in detention of people with no criminal record. The system Miller built, funds, manages daily, and defends publicly when it kills.

Key Statements¶

"Our president's powers will not be questioned."
— Stephen Miller, CNN, February 12, 2017, defending the travel ban against court challenges

"The poem that was added later is not a part of the original Statue of Liberty."
— Stephen Miller, White House press briefing, August 2, 2017, dismissing "Give me your tired, your poor"

"It reveals your cosmopolitan bias to a shocking degree."
— Stephen Miller to CNN's Jim Acosta, August 2, 2017 ("cosmopolitan" is a documented antisemitic and white nationalist dog whistle)

"If we don't enforce this, it is the end of our country as we know it."
— Stephen Miller, 2018, at White House meeting pushing family separation implementation (NBC News, citing three former officials)

"The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus can be suspended at a time of invasion, so I would say that's an option we're actively looking at."
— Stephen Miller, May 9, 2025, outside the White House (CNN, CNBC, Axios, NBC, PBS)

[Arrest quotas are] "a floor, not a ceiling."
— Stephen Miller, May 2025 (CNN)

Stephen Miller, Fox News — Reposted by DHS January 13, 2026

"To all ICE officers: You have federal immunity in the conduct of your duties." There is no such thing as blanket federal immunity for law enforcement. Renee Good was killed six days after DHS amplified this message. Alex Pretti was killed eleven days later.

"To all ICE officers: You have federal immunity in the conduct of your duties. Anybody who lays a hand on you or tries to stop you or tries to obstruct you is committing a felony. You have immunity to perform your duties, and no one — no city official, no state official, no illegal alien, no leftist agitator or domestic insurrectionist — can prevent you from fulfilling your legal obligations and duties."
— Stephen Miller, Fox News / The Will Cain Show, ~October 2025; reposted by DHS January 13, 2026 (FOX 9; DHS official X account)

"A would-be assassin tried to murder federal law enforcement and official Democrat accounts sides with the terrorists."
— Stephen Miller, social media, January 24, 2026, ~3 hours after Alex Pretti was killed (ABC News; CNN; NBC)

"The single largest experiment on a society, on a civilization, ever conducted in human history."
— Stephen Miller, December 2025, Fox News, attacking the 1965 Immigration Act

"If Somalians cannot make Somalia successful, why would we think that the track will be any different in the United States?"
— Stephen Miller, December 2025, Fox News, while his administration targeted Minneapolis Somali community

"If you subtract immigration out of test scores, all of a sudden our test scores skyrocket! If you subtract immigration out of health care, all of a sudden we don't have near to the size of the health care challenges our country faces."
— Stephen Miller, 2025, blaming immigrants for domestic policy failures

[Minnesota officials are staging] "an insurgency against the federal government."
— Stephen Miller, January 2026, The Charlie Kirk Show (The Hill)

Lies and Contradictions¶

"Alex Pretti was a would-be assassin and domestic terrorist"¶

Claim (January 24, 2026): Pretti tried to assassinate federal agents.
Evidence: Multiple bystander videos show Pretti holding a cellphone. An agent removed his legally carried firearm from his waistband before the first shot was fired. The government's own internal review contradicted every major administration claim. Video analysis by Bellingcat, CNN, ABC, CBS, and the New York Times confirmed Pretti was not holding a weapon.
Outcome: Miller blamed CBP for giving him bad information but never retracted the "terrorist" or "assassin" labels.

"ICE officers have federal immunity"¶

Claim (~October 2025, amplified January 2026): Agents have blanket immunity in the conduct of their duties.
Legal reality: No such blanket immunity exists. The Supreme Court has extended absolute immunity only to the president for official acts. Marquette Law Professor Kali Murray: "Your now weekly reminder that Stephen Miller did not go to law school and has no idea what he is talking about at all."

"No arrest quotas"¶

Claim (DHS, August 2025): No quotas exist.
Miller's own words (May 2025): Confirmed 3,000/day quota, called it "a floor, not a ceiling."
Private prison industry (2025 earnings calls): GEO Group referenced quotas as "common industry knowledge."

"We target the worst of the worst"¶

Claim (repeated throughout 2025-2026): Operations target violent criminals.
Evidence: 2,450% increase in detention of people with no criminal record. Operation Metro Surge: only 23 of 3,000+ arrestees were from Somalia (the stated target population). Detained persons included restaurant workers, airport workers, Target employees, children, Native Americans, students, U.S. citizens, and legal residents with work authorization. American Immigration Council: the administration "is not primarily targeting serious public-safety threats."

"I recuse from matters affecting my investments"¶

Claim (per White House official): Miller recuses from official matters that could affect his Palantir stock.
Reality: He holds daily 10 a.m. calls directing ICE operations. ICE awarded Palantir a no-competition contract. Palantir's ImmigrationOS system monitors cases "from identification to removal." Miller's daily operational control of ICE policy makes meaningful recusal functionally impossible.

The Architecture¶

Stephen Miller did not simply advise on immigration policy. He built the machine.

Institutional Capture¶

Miller placed handpicked appointees across agencies during the first term. In the second term, he holds formal authority as both deputy chief of staff (policy management) and homeland security advisor (national security authority). This dual role gives him unprecedented control across domestic and security policy.

Legal Infrastructure¶

Executive orders (January 20, 2025): Drafted by Miller's team. Declared a national emergency, suspended asylum, designated all undocumented immigrants as targets.
Alien Enemies Act: Miller devised the strategy to use this 1798 wartime law for mass deportations without hearings — an approach detailed in a 2023 radio interview. Previously used only during the War of 1812, WWI, and to justify Japanese internment in WWII.
Laken Riley Act: Mandates detention for immigrants charged with certain crimes.
One Big Beautiful Bill (H.R. 1): Provided $45 billion for detention, $30 billion for arrests/deportation. Tripled ICE's budget. Created capacity for 50,000+ detention beds and 10,000 new agents.

Operational Control¶

Daily 10 a.m. calls with agency heads (including Saturdays)
Multiple daily calls to DHS Secretary Noem
Direct pressure on ICE field office directors at May 2025 headquarters meeting
Set 3,000/day arrest quota
Directed enforcement priorities including Operation Metro Surge

Financial Architecture¶

Detention expanded from 40,000 to 66,000+ people (75% increase)
104 new facilities added (91% increase in detention network)
~90% of detained population held in for-profit private facilities
GEO Group (ICE's largest contractor): $636 million quarterly revenue in Q2 2025
CoreCivic: $538 million quarterly revenue in Q2 2025
Private prison companies donated $1 million+ to Trump's reelection
CoreCivic donated $500,000 to Trump-Vance inaugural committee

Reduced Oversight¶

Eliminated the Office of Immigration Ombudsman
Eliminated the Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
Congress must give one week's notice before observing detention conditions
ICE halted medical contractor payments October 2025

White Nationalist Connections¶

Documented by the Southern Poverty Law Center¶

The SPLC listed Miller as an extremist in 2020 — his profile sits alongside neo-Nazis, skinheads, and Holocaust deniers. This designation is based on:

The Leaked Emails (2015-2016): 900 emails from Miller to Breitbart editors, provided by former editor Katie McHugh (on record, named source). The emails show:
- Links to VDARE, a white nationalist website founded by Peter Brimelow (whom Miller brought to Duke with Spencer)
- Recommendations to aggregate content from American Renaissance, a white supremacist publication promoting pseudoscientific racial theories
- Promotion of The Camp of the Saints, a racist French novel popular with neo-Nazis that fictionalizes the "white genocide" conspiracy
- Links to InfoWars
- Repeated references to Calvin Coolidge and the Immigration Act of 1924, an eugenics-based law praised by Hitler in Mein Kampf
- Obsession with the loss of Confederate symbols after Dylann Roof's racist massacre in Charleston
- Use of "great replacement" rhetoric (referring to demographic change as "new America")

The David Horowitz Pipeline: Miller was recruited as a teenager by Horowitz, an SPLC-classified anti-Muslim/anti-immigrant extremist, who ran a "School for Political Warfare." Horowitz connected Miller to Bachmann, then to Sessions, and coached him on inserting inflammatory language into Trump's speeches.

The Richard Spencer Connection: Miller collaborated with Spencer at Duke, including co-organizing an event with white nationalist Peter Brimelow. Spencer claimed to be Miller's mentor. An email documents their direct collaboration.

White House Response to the Emails: Rather than addressing the content, the White House called the SPLC's report "a form of anti-Semitism" — weaponizing Miller's Jewish heritage to deflect from documented white nationalist sympathies.

Accountability Status¶

Has Miller testified before Congress on immigration? No.¶

The White House blocked his testimony during the first term, citing executive privilege.

Has Miller been subpoenaed?¶

Yes, twice — but not on immigration:
1. January 6th Committee subpoena (participation in efforts to overturn the 2020 election)
2. DOJ grand jury subpoena (Save America PAC)

What consequences has he faced?¶

None.

Despite:
- 100+ members of Congress calling for his resignation (2019, over leaked emails)
- Rep. Jimmy Panetta calling for resignation, removal, and impeachment (January 2026)
- 80+ House members demanding resignation (led by Rep. Sylvia Garcia)
- AFGE (largest federal workers union) demanding his ouster after Pretti killing
- Sen. Ruben Gallego demanding his firing in exchange for DHS funding vote
- The New Republic naming him 2025 "Scoundrel of the Year"
- YouGov: only 17% positive impression (January 2026)
- SPLC listing him as an extremist
- Documented financial conflicts of interest (Palantir)
- POGO calling for investigation and prosecution

Miller remains in his position with full authority. Trump has not distanced himself from Miller in any meaningful way.

Financial Conflicts¶

Miller holds $100,001 to $250,000 in Palantir stock (technically in a minor child's brokerage account; legally analyzed as his own). Palantir has a $30 million ICE contract for "ImmigrationOS." ICE awarded Palantir a no-competition contract. Palantir stock surged 80%+ in 2025. Former OGE acting head Don Fox: "He could easily become involved in policy matters that have a direct and predictable impact on Palantir." Miller's daily operational control over ICE makes meaningful recusal impossible.

Sources¶

Books¶

Jean Guerrero, Hatemonger: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump, and the White Nationalist Agenda (William Morrow, 2020)

Reference¶

This dossier is part of the Gabinete de los Horrores (Cabinet of Horrors), documenting named officials responsible for policies that have led to deaths, civil rights violations, and the construction of the deportation machine. Every claim is supported by a minimum of three independent sources. Confidence levels are explicitly labeled.

Mortui Vivos Docent Intelligence Project operates on two principles: Every. Human. Matters. Every. Claim. Gets. Verified.