Rolling Stone reports:
Stephen Miller, one of Donald Trump’s top immigration advisers, advocated using U.S. predator drones in 2018 to blow up migrant boats full of unarmed civilians, according to an upcoming book by a former administration official.
In a passage reviewed by Rolling Stone, former Trump Department of Homeland Security appointee Miles Taylor writes about an April 2018 conversation in which Miller allegedly advocated an attack on a migrant ship headed for the United States.
Miller, Taylor writes, argued for the potential mass killing of civilians by suggesting they were not protected under the U.S. Constitution because they were in international waters.
Mediaite reports:
“This is a complete fiction that exists only in the mind of Miles Taylor desperate to stay relevant by fabricating material for his new book,” a spokesman for Miller told the publication.
Miller has long made headlines for his controversial rhetoric and draconian approach to dealing with policy.
Former Trump Secretary of Defense Mark Esper wrote in his memoir that Miller “proposed securing [ISIS leader] Mr. al-Baghdadi’s head, dipping it in pig’s blood and parading it around to warn other terrorists.” Miller too denied that ever happened.
EXCLUSIVE: One of Donald Trump’s top immigration advisors Stephen Miller advocated using U.S. drones in 2018 to blow up migrant boats full of unarmed civilians, according to an upcoming book by a former administration official.https://t.co/x443y9UIv6
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) June 27, 2023
White House adviser #StephenMiller has promoted white nationalist ideas about race and immigration for years, according to emails leaked by a former Breitbart editor to @Hatewatch’s investigative reporter @MichaelEHayden. #BreitbartEmails https://t.co/sc8wvSxjMX
— Southern Poverty Law Center (@splcenter) November 12, 2019