Overview
- Greg Sargent, drawing on recent reporting, says Miller has pressed Immigration and Customs Enforcement to reach roughly 3,000 arrests per day, up from about 1,000 since the summer.
- The New York Times reporting cited in the analysis says thousands of federal law enforcement personnel have been reassigned to deportation operations, limiting work on crimes such as child and drug trafficking.
- The coverage reports that ICE has been arresting many undocumented immigrants who are not dangerous offenders, which critics argue diverts resources from pursuing higher-risk targets.
- Sargent situates Miller’s agenda in a long U.S. nativist tradition and notes Miller has praised the restrictive Immigration Act of 1924.
- Family materials and criticism resurface, including an unpublished account of Miller’s Jewish ancestors fleeing persecution and a denunciation from his cousin, Alisa Kasmer.