Overview
- The New York Times report Sunday said Miller kept the president’s confidence as the White House scaled back large street raids and softened public messaging.
- After January’s deadly Minneapolis operation, Border Patrol commander Greg Bovino was stood down and Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem left her post.
- Officials say Miller is finishing a rule to deny green cards to immigrants judged likely to use public assistance.
- He is also pressing measures to tighten daily pressures on undocumented people, including limits on public housing or aid, proposals to require schools and hospitals to report service use, talks in Texas about cutting education funding for their children, and inquiries into credit card access.
- Republican dissent has surfaced, with retiring Sen. Thom Tillis arguing Miller holds outsized sway and creates political embarrassments for the administration.