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cousin of Donald Trump’s immigration czar Stephen Miller has exploded white House His senior policy adviser said they probably would have prevented his family from coming to the United States in the first place.
“Were Jewish“We grew up knowing how much we were hated just because we existed,” said Alissa Kasmer, a relative on Miller’s father’s side. new republic,
“Now he’s trying Take away the exact thing that benefited his own family: The ability to make a life for yourself, to prosper, to build a community, to have a successful business—to live a rewarding life.
Miller has been one of the main drivers of the Trump administration’s aggressive immigration policies, previous reports claimed Set a goal of 3,000 arrests per day for ICE agents – About 1 million per year.
Kasmar’s comments new republic Earlier this year he publicly rejected Miller, writing in a lengthy Facebook post that Miller “has become the face of evil.”
“I mourn for a cousin I once loved. A boy I watched grow up, raised, and shared my childhood with,” she wrote. “The awkward, funny, needy middle child who loved attention, yet was always the sweetest with the youngest members of the family.
“I’m sad for what you’ve become, Stephen. And I’m sad for what I’ve lost because of it. I’m sad for your children, whom I’ll never meet. I’m sad for the future family you took from me by choosing a path filled with cruelty that I cannot and will not be a part of.”
“I will never knowingly allow evil into my life, no matter whose blood it contains – including mine.”
Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin previously reported axios Since Trump returned to office, agents under DHS authority have arrested approximately 579,000 “illegal aliens” – a spike that has been attributed to Miller.
According to government data obtained by the outlet, ICE has been arresting about 1,100 people per day in recent weeks, still far short of the administration’s goal.
The Trump administration initially insisted that only illegal immigrants with criminal records would be targeted, but that standard has been marginalized. The majority of those arrested reportedly have no convictions, while agents are being encouraged to make “collateral arrests,” including undocumented people who happen to be someone on a target list. Axios.
Kasmar wrote, “You have destroyed so many lives to feed your passions and egos and to maintain an administration so corrupt, so vile, I can barely comprehend it. As surreal as it all sounds, it is the reality.”
“As much as I try to distance myself from it, the truth is – being close to such a profound cruelty fills me with shame. I am heartbroken. It breaks my heart that this is the legacy you have brought to our family. A legacy I never asked to share with you, and which I now carry like a curse.”
In his Facebook post, Kasmer also recalled how his Jewish upbringing emphasized the lessons of historical racial oppression and how he “was raised with stories of survival.”
Miller’s ancestors first arrived in the United States in 1903, fleeing the city of Antipolo, part of the Tsarist Russian Empire, in what is modern-day Belarus, to New York City. They had fled anti-Jewish pogroms.
“We learned about the pogroms, the ghettos, the Holocaust – not just as history, but as part of our identity. We carry the trauma of generations that were hunted, hated, expelled, murdered, simply for existing. We were taught to remember,” Kasmer wrote.
Independent Has sought comment from the White House.