Stephen Miller

Stephen Miller (born August 23, 1985) is an American political advisor who serves as White House deputy chief of staff for policy and homeland security advisor, and who was named in November 2026 to succeed Susie Wiles as White House chief of staff. During the first Trump administration (2017–2021) he was senior advisor to the president and director of speechwriting.

Miller grew up in Santa Monica, California, and attended Duke University. After graduating in 2007 he worked as press secretary for U.S. representatives Michele Bachmann and John Shadegg, and in 2009 he joined the staff of Alabama senator Jeff Sessions, working on immigration policy. He advised both of Donald Trump's presidential campaigns and, after the 2020 election, founded the conservative legal advocacy group America First Legal in 2021.

An immigration hard-liner, he was a main architect of the administration's travel ban, reduced refugee admissions and zero-tolerance immigration policy, and supervised the writing of Trump's inaugural and State of the Union addresses. In November 2024 he was confirmed to serve as homeland security advisor and deputy chief of staff for policy in Trump's second term.