My coffee with Stephen Miller

Encounter with Stephen Miller

A staffer for Sen. Jeff Sessions, later identified as Stephen Miller, reached out to me around a dozen years ago to discuss an anti-immigration crusade.

We met at a coffee shop near my office, where he pitched an idea: liberals who care about American workers should join forces with immigration restrictionists.

Shouldn’t liberals who care about American workers make common cause with immigration restrictionists? Fewer immigrants, he contended, would mean more jobs available for American citizens.

This encounter occurred before Miller's rise to prominence.

Author's summary: Met Stephen Miller over coffee.

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Mother Jones Mother Jones — 2025-10-15