Stephen Miller, the Trump administration’s nativist Prince of Darkness, must be a happy man these days. In August, ICE rounded up nearly 59,925 undocumented...

Stephen Miller, the Trump administration’s nativist Prince of Darkness, must be a happy man these days. In August, ICE rounded up nearly 59,925 undocumented migrants for detention and deportation, following 50,208 in July. Chief strategist behind Trump’s mass deportation policy, Miller is gaining on his goals of 3,000 a day and 1 million in a year. The August figures amount to nearly 2,000 a day, 2/3 of the way to the goal Miller has imposed on federal immigration agents and 720,000 for a year, 72% of Miller’s annual goal. This is an improvement (in his terms) from 1,200-1,500 a day the government was arresting before Miller ordered the higher goal in May 2025. If his...

Stephen Miller, the Trump administration’s nativist Prince of Darkness, must be a happy man these days. In August, ICE rounded up nearly 59,925 undocumented migrants for detention and deportation, following 50,208 in July. Chief strategist behind Trump’s mass deportation policy, Miller is gaining on his goals of 3,000 a day and 1 million in a year. The August figures amount to nearly 2,000 a day, 2/3 of the way to the goal Miller has imposed on federal immigration agents and 720,000 for a year, 72% of Miller’s annual goal. This is an improvement (in his terms) from 1,200-1,500 a day the government was arresting before Miller ordered the higher goal in May 2025. If his...