"Politico senior legal affairs reporter Kyle Cheney smacked back at White House adviser Stephen Miller for sharing a misleading screenshot of a headline from one of his articles, pointing out what the article actually revealed about the Trump administration's struggles to defend its immigration policies in court."
"Monday evening, Miller posted a screenshot from an article Cheney had written on Jan. 5, showing just the headline (Hundreds of judges reject Trump's mandatory detention policy, with no end in sight) and subheading (Judges have ruled against the administration in more than 1,600 cases.). Over sixteen hundred times judges have unconstitutionally and unlawfully ordered the release of illegal aliens. No democracy can function this way. pic.twitter.com/exSXyZGsmI Stephen Miller (@StephenM) January 20, 2026"
"Cheney responded by quoting Miller's tweet and commenting that he had only screenshot the headline of the article, which was about the courts' overwhelming rejection of the administration's unprecedented new interpretation of laws governing detention of migrants. Stephen is screenshotting the headline of this story, about judges' overwhelming rejection of the administration's unprecedented new interpretation of laws governing detention of migrants. Judges say it's illegal by a margin of 335-18. Trump appointees are ruling 33-15 against https://t.co/gorNq4cTlX Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) January 20, 2026 Cheney continued, highlighting how this was not a case of judges going rogue and unconstitutionally and unlawfully issuing orders, like Miller had claimed, but ruling that certain actions taken as part of the administration's immigration crackdown efforts were illegal even judges appointed by President Donald Trump."
Stephen Miller posted a screenshot of a headline and claimed judges had unconstitutionally and unlawfully ordered the release of illegal aliens more than 1,600 times. The screenshot displayed only the headline and subheading noting judges had ruled against the administration in over 1,600 cases. Kyle Cheney pointed out that the rulings reflected courts overwhelmingly rejecting the administration's unprecedented interpretation of migrant detention laws. Judges ruled the administration's actions illegal by margins such as 335-18, with many rulings coming from Trump appointees. The decisions highlight sustained judicial resistance to the administration's detention policy.
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