
While the republican President Donald Trump has been pretending to cry crocodile tears over its new immigration policy enacted via an April 6, 2018 memo by his Attorney General Jeff Sessions, and as the president blames the democrats, his Senior Adviser Stephen Miller has been bragging about his part in creating this new policy of separating children from parents seeking asylum at the southwest US border.
Here’s the rest of the story…
On June 19, 2018, McKay Coppins of the Guardian penned the following report, “The Outrage Over Family Separation Is Exactly What Stephen Miller Wants” (“For President Trump’s senior adviser, the public outrage and anger elicited by policies like forced family separation are a feature, not a bug. “)
“When the news stories began to surface last month of sobbing young migrant children being forcibly removed from their parents at the border, many close White House watchers instantly suspected Stephen Miller was behind it.”

“Though he keeps a relatively low profile compared to the cast of camera-muggers and Twitter warriors in President Donald Trump’s orbit, the 32-year-old speechwriter and senior adviser has cultivated a reputation as the most strident immigration hawk in the West Wing. So, it came as little surprise when The New York Times reported over the weekend that Miller had played a key behind-the-scenes role in advancing the new border policy:”
“No nation can have the policy that whole classes of people are immune from immigration law or enforcement,” he said during an interview in his West Wing office this past week. “It was a simple decision by the administration to have a zero tolerance policy for illegal entry, period. The message is that no one is exempt from immigration law.”
…”Privately, Mr. Miller argued that bringing back “zero tolerance” would be a potent tool in a severely limited arsenal of strategies for stopping migrants from flooding across the border … And in April, after the border numbers reached their zenith, Mr. Miller was instrumental in Mr. Trump’s decision to ratchet up the zero tolerance policy.”
“But while Miller’s influence on this issue is a matter of documented fact, his motives remain somewhat murkier. Why exactly is he using his perch to champion a measure that’s so unpopular that it’s opposed by fully two-thirds of Americans? Theories abound, of course—ranging from ideology to incompetence to xenophobia—but they are almost all products of distant speculation.”
“I spent a significant amount of time earlier this year reporting on Miller for a recent profile in The Atlantic. In addition to interviewing friends, allies, enemies, and associates, I sat down for a lengthy interview with him in late March. At the time, the forced family separation policy had not yet been implemented. But our conversation illuminated the grim calculus that seems to underlie the border strategy Miller helped shape.”

“Take the travel ban, for example. During Trump’s first week in office, Miller worked with Steve Bannon to craft an executive order banning travel to the United States from seven majority-Muslim countries. Trump signed the order on a Friday afternoon, unleashing chaos at airports across the country, complete with mass protests, wall-to-wall media coverage, and a slew of legal challenges. Afterward, Bannon reportedly boasted that they had enacted the measure on a weekend “so the snowflakes would show up at the airports and riot.”
I’m sure Miller is a reincarnation of one of Hitler’s guys…Goebbels or Mengalé
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Dear Mary Plumbago,
I wouldn’t be surprised.
Hugs, Gronda
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Here is a long read all about Miller. He is a very dangerous man. Thought you might like this article.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/05/stephen-miller-duke-donald-trump
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Dear Mary Plumbago,
Thanks for sharing this reference as it does shed light on Mr. Miller’s lack of character.
Hugs, Gronda
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Shameful little (in terms of integrity and character) man.
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Dear Roger,
Mr Miller is proof possible that life is not fair and that lack of character and integrity means nothing within this White House. Here is a 31 year old obnoxious Millennial who is making a bloody fortune being a racist with a cruel streak.
Hugs, Gronda
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Indeed and this will be his legacy. I wonder if he has thought of that?…..Probably not, I smell arrogance of the bad sort.
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He wouldn’t make it into the Starfleet Academy…
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Dear Ckatsarelis,
The last thing Stephen Miller would be, is a fan of Star Trek as he lacks the imagination.
Hugs, Gronda
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There’s a picture of him as a child in the Star Trek uniform and the article said that he was a huge fan. Although clearly he missed the theme of so many shows, tolerance for difference.
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Dear Ckatsarelis,
I’m ashamed of myself for letting my prejudice make a snap judgement as to Mr. Miller not having the imagination to be a Star Trek fan. It was just the wrong kind of imagination.
Thanks for the info.
Hugs, Gronda
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It is indeed the wrong kind of imagination. Thank you for your informative blog!
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