Stephen Miller appointment shows Trump ignoring voters on immigration

Voters rejected Donald Trump's mass deportation campaign in Tuesday's election, but on Friday he appointed Stephen Miller, the architect of those aggressive immigration policies, as his new chief of staff. Miller has driven the administration's most extreme actions, including violent immigration raids, the use of the Alien Enemies Act to expel Venezuelans, and the first-term "Muslim ban" and family separation policy. He has also pushed to accelerate deportations of undocumented children. Democrats, who regained control of Congress, have promised investigations and oversight to counter Miller's influence. However, immigration enforcement agencies are funded with $70bn through 2029, and arrests are at an all-time high, limiting their ability to rein in the administration.