Stephen Miller reportedly undermined Kirstjen Nielsen by leaking embarrassing border statistics to a

Source: Business Insider

Stephen Miller reportedly undermined Kirstjen Nielsen by leaking embarrassing border statistics to a conservative-leaning publication
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The White House senior adviser Stephen Miller leaked unflattering statistics on asylum seekers and detentions at the US-Mexico border in an effort to denigrate former Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, according to a Quartz report citing unnamed former Homeland Security officials.

Miller reportedly disclosed the increasing number of migrants claiming asylum and border detentions to the Washington Examiner, a conservative-leaning news publication, Quartz's sources said, adding that he then printed the story and shared it with President Donald Trump.

Neither Miller nor the Department of Homeland Security responded to INSIDER's request for comment on Tuesday.

Nielsen has been the face of Trump's controversial immigration policies, while Miller has worked on the sidelines as the president's hardline immigration adviser. Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced a "zero-tolerance" immigration policy in April 2018 that spurred detentions and family separations at the US-Mexico border.



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