Trump Promotes Stephen Miller to White House Chief of Staff

The appointment puts Miller, a longtime Trump ally and a prominent architect of the administration’s immigration policies, at the center of the White House. Reporting by The Guardian, EL PAÍS, Clarín and BBC News described the move as a promotion to the chief of staff position.

Miller’s role has been closely associated with the administration’s plan or campaign for mass deportations. The promotion therefore gives a more senior institutional position to a figure whose influence has been tied to some of Trump’s most restrictive immigration measures.

Clarín reported that Miller is replacing Susie Wiles as chief of staff. The same reporting presented the decision as a controversial move following a Republican electoral setback, while other supplied accounts described the result as a rejection connected to Trump’s deportation campaign without providing details of the election or its outcome.

The appointment has also drawn criticism from Democratic leaders and Latino organizations over Miller’s role in immigration policy and mass deportations, according to Clarín. That account is the sole supplied source for the reaction.

BBC News said the choice could set up clashes with Congress, pointing to a potential political consequence of placing Miller in the chief of staff role. The supplied material does not establish when he will formally begin the job or provide further administrative details about the transition from Wiles.