The Accelerant

"Stephen Miller runs his daily 10 a.m. conference calls-yes, even on Saturdays-less like a government adviser and more like a wartime general. His is the dominant voice, as he plays the role of browbeater, inquisitor, and bully. He accepts no excuses, entertains no dissent. Donald Trump's deputy chief of staff for policy ruthlessly pursues the president's vision, especially when it comes to pushing immigrants out of the country, and he runs a tight, efficient meeting. Consensus is not the goal."

"Instead, Miller demands progress reports on his mass-deportation campaign and issues orders to the full alphabet soup of federal enforcement agencies, including the FBI, CBP, ICE, HHS, and the DOD. One senior official who has participated in the calls told us that the intensity and urgency often veer into hectoring. "He pushes everybody to the absolute limit because he knows that the clock is ticking," this person said. "He gets on the phone and he yells at everybody. Nobody is spared from his wrath.""

"In May, Miller told Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials that he wanted 3,000 immigration arrests a day, a nearly tenfold increase over the number they'd arrested on U.S. streets in 2024. He demands daily updates on the ICE hiring surge too; the administration had pledged to deploy 10,000 new deportation officers by this month-more than doubling the agency's workforce. And Miller expects regular updates on detention capacity, deportation flights, and border crossings."

Stephen Miller holds daily 10 a.m. conference calls, including Saturdays, and dominates discussions as a browbeater, inquisitor, and bully. He ruthlessly pursues mass-deportation goals and runs tight, efficiency-focused meetings where consensus is not the goal. Miller demands progress reports and issues direct orders to multiple federal agencies, including the FBI, CBP, ICE, HHS, and DOD. He has pushed for 3,000 immigration arrests per day and daily updates on a pledge to deploy 10,000 new deportation officers, as well as detention capacity, deportation flights, and border-crossing statistics. He publicly shames and yells at officials, pushing staff to the absolute limit.

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