(NewsNation) — Stephen Miller is set to be appointed as the deputy chief of staff for policy under President-elect Donald Trump’s incoming administration.
CNN was first to report the news, which was soon after hailed as “another fantastic pick” by JD Vance on X.
Miller served in Trump’s first administration as a senior advisor and has continued to work with the president-elect since.
He is known for a hardline stance on immigration and has been central to several Trump policies relating to the border and illegal immigration.
Since Trump left office, Miller has served as the president of America First Legal, an organization of former Trump advisers fashioned as a conservative version of the American Civil Liberties Union, challenging the Biden administration, media companies, universities and others over issues such as freedom of speech and religion and national security.
He was also a frequent presence during Trump’s campaign this year, traveling aboard his plane and often speaking ahead of Trump during the pre-shows at his rallies.
Miller drew large cheers at Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden during the race’s final stretch, telling the crowd that, “your salvation is at hand,” after what he cast as “decades of abuse that has been heaped upon the good people of this nation — their jobs looted and stolen from them and shipped to Mexico, Asia and foreign countries. The lives of their loved ones ripped away from them by illegal aliens, criminal gangs and thugs who don’t belong in this country.”
“We stand here today at a crossroads,” he went on, casting the election as “a choice between betrayal and renewal, between self-destruction and salvation, between the failure of America or the triumph of America.”
Because it is not a Cabinet position, the appointment does not need Senate confirmation.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
