Trump criticises Miller over deportations after Melania complains

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 5 Nov, 13:48 · Archive

President Trump has criticised Stephen Miller, his deputy White House chief of staff and architect of the administration's immigration operation, for going 'too far' with deportations. The complaint came after first lady Melania Trump told her husband that people she knew were being deported in his sweeping anti-immigration campaign, according to the Wall Street Journal.

This follows earlier reporting from the same outlet in March that Melania was part of a group of advisers who warned Trump that his immigration policies had crossed a line, with tensions rising in Minnesota in January. The administration's deportation tactics have drawn scrutiny, with federal agents executing two American citizens in Minneapolis, prompting protests across the country.

The controversy comes after Trump lost ground with Hispanic voters in recent elections, with six in ten nationally voting for the Democratic candidate in their local House race.

How it is being reported

• Melania furiously turned Trump against his own deportation chief Stephen Miller after her own friends were removed by ICEFirst Lady Melania Trump is the reason Donald Trump turned on the man who built his mass deportation operation.Daily Mail · 5 Nov, 13:30
• Trump lashed out at Stephen Miller for going ‘too far’ with deportations after Melania complained: reportThe first lady reportedly complained that people she knew were being deported in her husband’s sweeping anti-immigration campaignIndependent World · 5 Nov, 13:25

In this story: Donald Trump · Stephen Miller · Melania Trump · Minnesota · Minneapolis

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