Who is Stephen Miller? Trump’s newest chief of staff

President Donald Trump tapped Stephen Miller to replace outgoing chief of staff Susie Wiles, marking his first major staff shake-up after Democrats flipped control of the House and Senate.Miller currently serves as the White House deputy chief of staff for policy, but he has worked with Trump since his first presidential campaign in 2016, often serving as his right-hand man.“Stephen’s been with me from beginning. He … gets it very good politically, and he’s a very good man,” said Trump. “He’ll do a great job. Great manager.” “He just run things well,” added Trump.Miller served as a senior policy adviser and speechwriter for Trump during the 2016 campaign after working for former Sen. Jeff Sessions, an Alabama Republican. Steven Bannon, Trump’s former campaign chief, recommended Miller to the Trump campaign.Miller joined the first Trump administration as senior adviser to the president and White House director of speechwriting.In the first term, Miller was reported to be the architect of Trump’s ban on immigration from foreign countries with high rates of terrorism, a policy dubbed by the media as the “Muslim Travel Ban.” Miller was also widely known for championing Trump’s “zero tolerance” approach to illegal immigration, including the separation of migrant children from their purported parents or guardians — infamously labeled as Trump’s family separation policy. He also wrote Trump’s “American carnage” speech, which the president gave during his January 2017 inauguration.After Trump left office following the 2020 election, Miller founded the America First Legal Foundation, which focused on reshaping government policies to enact conservative principles, including ending diversity, equity, and inclusion policies and opposing pro-transgender policies in schools.In Trump’s second term, Miller was reported to be playing a vital role in Trump’s mass deportation agenda and the deployment of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents across the country. The deployment turned tragic earlier this year when two protesters were killed in Minnesota while intervening in immigration proceedings. Shortly after the events unfolded, Miller described one of the slain protesters, Alex Pretti, as an “assassin” who attempted to kill federal agents.Miller has also helped drive Trump’s furious pace of executive orders during the first 100 days of his second term, including one that would end birthright citizenship. The Supreme Court struck down the order in June.STEPHEN MILLER TO REPLACE SUSIE WILES AS WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFFMiller’s passion for conservative issues goes back to his youth, when he criticized liberal policy and appeared on conservative radio host Larry Elder’s show.Born on Aug. 23, 1985, Miller was raised in the Los Angeles area. Miller’s family is Jewish. He is married to Katie Miller, whom he met in 2018 while working in Trump’s first administration. They married in 2020 and have four children.