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Trump aide backs sweeping immigrant review after DC killings
He said Trump was also initiating a broader national conversation about immigration and security.
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Lalit K Jha (5WH) - Wed, 26, Nov 2025
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Stephen Miller, President Donald Trump’s senior adviser. / Reuters
US President Donald Trump’s senior adviser Stephen Miller, on Nov. 26 night, defended the president’s call for an accelerated review of millions of immigrants admitted into the United States, linking the move to the fatal shooting of two National Guard members near the White House by an Afghan national.
In an interview with Fox News, Miller said the president’s remarks earlier in the evening reflected both grief and determination in the wake of the attack. “ President's remarks, I think were among the most moving that I've ever heard. It was perfect for this incredibly tragic occasion, this, this heartbreaking anguishing tragedy right before Thanksgiving.”
He said the president struck a balance between mourning and resolve. “I think she spoke movingly and beautifully to what we've lost, but also demonstrated the tremendous resolve and determination to not only continue the mission these soldiers died for, but to expand the mission.”
Miller highlighted Trump’s announcement of additional forces following the shooting. “Declaring that far from being deterred the commander in chief, our president is sending 500 more troops to the city to show that no terrorism will sway us.”
He said Trump was also initiating a broader national conversation about immigration and security. According to Miller, “The conversation that we have to have with President Trump” includes assessing the impact of recent migration flows.
Miller sharply criticized the previous administration. “Joe Biden, the Biden administration, the Democrats have inflicted on this nation the worst national security threat in our history. We've never faced a threat like this. 20 million people brought into our country from the most failed societies on Earth.”
He listed several countries as examples. “Afghanistan, Somalia, Libya, Iraq brought here no vetting, no conditions, no rules, brought here on Visas, brought here on as refugees brought here as asylees brought here as illegals brought here in every way imaginable by plane, train, bus, automobile, by land, by sea.”
Miller said the arrivals continued “for four straight years,” and argued that the consequences were becoming clear. “They deluge this country and now more blood is being spilled as a result.”
According to Miller, the central step announced by the president was a comprehensive effort to reassess all individuals brought into the United States over the past two decades. “What you heard tonight from President Trump, the breaking news here tonight is saying that his government is going to accelerate efforts to review every person added to this country over the last 20 years or the last four years, all 20 million.”
He described the president’s criteria for action. “Now, obviously if you're illegal, you're out automatically, but everybody else who is brought here, refugee asylum status, whatever status, as he said, if you're not someone who loves this country, if you're not any benefit to this country, then we're gonna send you outta this country because it's enough already.”
Miller tied the proposed actions directly to the deaths in Washington. “No one else has to die. No one else has to be murdered. No one else has to be shot. No more empty seats are needed at the Thanksgiving table or the Christmas table because of what Democrats have done to this country.”
He concluded by calling Trump’s announcement a defining moment for the nation. “So tonight we heard from a commander in chief, a historic announcement, a brave announcement, exactly what America needed to hear.”
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