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A searchable collection of documented public statements from people covered by the Kakistocracy Files.

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23 quotes from Stephen Miller
“This country doesn't have a future if we don't end birthright citizenship.”
— Stephen Miller
June 25, 2026   •   Speaking to reporters outside the White House about the administration’s effort to restrict birthright citizenship.
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“If you give a kid shot after shot after shot, you're going to have vaccine injuries.”
— Stephen Miller
August 10, 2026   •   At a White House event on vaccination schedules, arguing for changes to childhood vaccination practices.
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“You would establish large scale staging grounds for removal flights.”
— Stephen Miller
February 1, 2024   •   At CPAC outlining logistics for a large-scale deportation program.
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“It's an option we're actively looking at.”
— Stephen Miller
May 9, 2025   •   Responding to a question about whether the Trump administration might suspend the writ of habeas corpus in connection with immigration enforcement.
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“We live in a world that is governed by strength, that is governed by force, that is governed by power.”
— Stephen Miller
October 8, 2026   •   Miller discussing international affairs.
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“The Democrats are fighting for illegal aliens. Donald Trump is fighting for American citizens.”
— Stephen Miller
December 13, 2018   •   Fox News interview.
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“It was a simple decision by the administration to have a zero-tolerance policy for illegal entry, period. The message is that no one is exempt from immigration law.”
— Stephen Miller
June 16, 2018   •   Defending the Trump administration’s zero-tolerance border policy, under which adults referred for prosecution were separated from accompanying children.
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“America is for Americans and Americans only.”
— Stephen Miller
October 8, 2026   •   Speaking at a Trump campaign event while outlining the campaign’s immigration and mass-deportation agenda.
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“Seal the border. No illegals in, everyone here goes out.”
— Stephen Miller
February 1, 2024   •   At CPAC describing the immigration objectives he wanted a second Trump administration to pursue.
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“Everybody who stands against Donald Trump are the people who’ve been running this country into the ground.”
— Stephen Miller
October 8, 2026   •   Campaign rally remarks.
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“The military has the right to establish a fortress position on the border and to say, no one can cross here at all.”
— Stephen Miller
February 1, 2024   •   At CPAC arguing for deployment of the military to impede unauthorized border crossings and asylum requests.
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“We have more than enough time to right the wrong of this fraudulent election result and certify Donald Trump as the winner of the election.”
— Stephen Miller
December 14, 2020   •   On Fox & Friends after states had certified their 2020 presidential election results; Miller discussed alternate pro-Trump electors.
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“You deputize the National Guard to carry out immigration enforcement.”
— Stephen Miller
February 1, 2024   •   At CPAC outlining how the National Guard could be used in a mass-deportation program.
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“The powers of the president to protect our country are very substantial and will not be questioned.”
— Stephen Miller
February 12, 2017   •   On CBS Face the Nation while defending the Trump administration’s travel ban and criticizing a federal judge who blocked it.
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“It's absurd as a country, do we have a policy of declaring the children of illegal aliens to be automatic citizens.”
— Stephen Miller
April 28, 2025   •   Speaking to reporters after questions about a deported mother who took her U.S.-citizen children with her; Miller criticized birthright citizenship.
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“The Immigration and Nationality Act stripped Article III courts, that's the judicial branch, of jurisdiction over immigration cases.”
— Stephen Miller
May 9, 2025   •   Speaking to reporters about federal court review of Trump administration immigration actions. PolitiFact later rated this claim false, noting that federal courts retain authority to review constitutional questions.
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“If you're going to be successful as a conservative you have to learn to be loathed by the right people.”
— Stephen Miller
October 8, 2026   •   Discussing implementation of a second Trump administration agenda.
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“He has no future here. He has no right to be here. He's an illegal alien.”
— Stephen Miller
April 14, 2025   •   Speaking to reporters about Kilmar Abrego Garcia and the administration’s position that he could not remain in the United States.
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“It gives them access under this broken system to welfare benefits, ultimately to the voting booth.”
— Stephen Miller
August 6, 2026   •   At a White House event discussing an executive order targeting so-called birth tourism.
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