On November 6th, Donald Trump announced that Stephen Miller would become the new White House Chief of Staff. He replaced Susie Wiles on November 9th, 2026.
Wiles submitted her resignation just days after the Mid-Term elections. The elections witnessed a sweeping Democratic Party victory across the United States.
Stephen Miller previously served as the Deputy Chief of Staff of the White House. He has a long history of anti-immigration policies.
Most notably, he opposes the the H-1B visa program entirely, and pushed to eliminate birthright citizenship. Notoriously, he was also the person who demanded an 3000 arrest a day quota for illegal immigrants.
While Trump has occasionally suggested softer stances towards immigration, with Miller as the Chief of Staff, that will be extremely unlikely. Major positive legislative reforms for immigrants remains unlikely while he remains in office.
Miller proposed ending the H-1B lottery system in 2017, wanting to focus exclusively on high-salary jobs. He was also instrumental in the banning of birth tourism in the US.
Immigration lawyers predict that the administration will reduce the high-profile immigration raids that lead to massive backlash. Instead, more executive orders, and artificially delayed processing times, and stricter limits on immigration are expected.
