Overview
- Two senior DHS sources, quoted by the Daily Mail and relayed by the Mirror US, say Stephen Miller told federal agents in Minneapolis to force confrontations with anti‑ICE protesters to win a public relations fight.
- Sources describe daily 10 a.m. DHS calls where Miller allegedly berated leaders, threatened firings, and at times contradicted President Trump’s instructions on immigration operations.
- After ICU nurse Alex Pretti was shot and killed by federal agents in Minneapolis, Axios‑cited reporting says DHS, under Miller’s direction, prepared a statement stressing that Pretti had a gun despite video showing he had been disarmed.
- Miller then posted on X calling Pretti an assassin, a message Vice President J.D. Vance reposted, and other officials echoed that language at news conferences.
- DHS insiders quoted in the Daily Mail call for Miller’s removal and claim his influence expanded under new Secretary Markwayne Mullin, while the Mirror US notes these claims rely on unnamed sources with only parts corroborated by Axios and public posts.