Miller Drives Push to Deport Illegal Immigrant Children
Miller Drives Push to Deport Illegal Immigrant Children
The News
White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller is leading an "unprecedented and intense" drive across multiple government departments to speed up the removal of immigrant children living in the US illegally, The Guardian reported in an exclusive published Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026.
The Guardian reported that critics say the tactics being used are cruel and racist and, in some cases, flout federal law.
Raw Story, summarizing the same reporting, said the analysis describes a whole-of-government effort touching at least 200,000 children in the US illegally, and casts Miller as the "mastermind and enforcer" behind it.
Timeline
The Guardian publishes its exclusive, reporting that Miller, as deputy chief of staff, is orchestrating a multi-agency effort to accelerate the removal of migrant children.
Political Wire and Raw Story pick up the report the same morning, with Raw Story putting the number of children affected at at least 200,000.
Reactions
Critics quoted in The Guardian's reporting condemned the effort as cruel and racist, and said some of the tactics flout federal law.
Raw Story called Miller the "mastermind and enforcer" of what it described as an assault on children.
The reporting collected in this story does not include a response from Miller or the White House.
What's Next
The Guardian's account points to an effort still underway across several federal departments, which means the next markers will be the agencies' own actions — and any legal challenge to tactics critics say break federal law.
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