💬 “Patriots Only”: The Program That Started It All
According to Miller’s organization, America First Legal, the new proposal suggests recruiting “true American patriots” to conduct green card and citizenship interviews.
The stated goal? To ensure that immigrants “share American values.”
Sounds harmless? Not to everyone.
Civil rights groups immediately slammed the idea, warning it could turn a bureaucratic process into an ideological witch hunt.
“Who defines what a patriot is? Stephen Miller?” — one commentator asked on X (formerly Twitter).
“We don’t need immigration McCarthyism.”
🔥 Flashback: The Architect of Trump’s Hardline Policies
Miller is no stranger to controversy. During his time in the Trump administration, he was the architect behind some of its most hardline immigration measures — including the “zero tolerance” family separation policy that drew worldwide condemnation.
For his supporters, he’s a symbol of toughness and national pride.
For his critics, he’s the face of cruelty and exclusion.
This latest plan, they argue, feels like a natural — if alarming — extension of his earlier playbook.