Stephen Miller flexes policy might with new asylum crackdown

Published April 30, 2019 7:00pm ET



The White House move this week to crackdown on asylum fraud is the latest example of top aide Stephen Miller’s influence on President Trump’s trademark issue, according to insiders.

Facing a growing crisis with tens of thousands of illegal immigrants coming in monthly, Miller and his team earlier this month pushed for changes to asylum processing that was letting most of those who sought it into the country despite just 10% eventually winning amnesty.

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