Miller Defends Immigration Enforcement, Cousin Disowns Him

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller dismissed a CNN question about federal immigration enforcement “profiling brown people” as a “dumb question,” defended aggressive enforcement—saying undocumented immigrants take jobs, benefits and in some cases commit crimes—and pushed back at characterizations of protests at ICE facilities as mere demonstrations. A resurfaced Facebook post from his cousin Alisa Kasmer publicly disowned Miller, calling him “the face of evil,” invoking their shared Jewish roots and accusing him of repeating the cruelty their family escaped. The denunciation circulated as ICE carried out contested raids, including in Los Angeles, tied to administration goals Miller helped craft. Critics point to a reportedly aggressive ICE arrest target of about 3,000 a day, note that many arrested had no criminal records, and say overall arrests fell short of those targets. Kasmer said she will not let “evil” into her life and framed the break as a moral rejection of Miller’s policies.