That today’s American right has radically changed since former President Donald Trump’s political emergence is beyond obvious. What’s less well understood is that the right is still transforming rapidly, and that the movement is in a vastly different — and more radical — place than it was even four years ago.
That’s particularly true when it comes to immigration. Andrew Prokop unpacks Donald Trump’s immigration intentions through the architect of this agenda, adviser and staunch anti-immigrant advocate Stephen Miller. Miller is the driving force behind Trump’s second-term plans for “sweeping raids, giant camps, and mass deportations,” hoping to accomplish what he felt fell short during Trump's first term. In this member-exclusive story, Andrew looks into what shaped Miller's come-up from an obscure Hill press staffer to one of the most powerful policymakers of our time.
Andrew’s piece is part of a package of stories on the transformed state of the American right, including another members-only story on the thinkers who would define a second Trump administration.
—Patrick Reis, senior politics and ideas editor
