Stephen Miller's uncle slams his nephew's immigration policies as a 'gateway to tyranny'

If Stephen Miller had his way, his own family may never have made it to the U.S.
The senior policy adviser's uncle, David Glosser, told the tale of Miller's immigrant heritage in a Politico article published Monday, revealing that Miller himself is a beneficiary of the immigration programs that he is now dismantling.
"I have watched with dismay and increasing horror as my nephew, who is an educated man and well aware of his heritage, has become the architect of immigration policies that repudiate the very foundation of our family's life in this country," said Glosser. Miller's great-great-grandfather migrated from Belarus, arriving at Ellis Island and working to bring family members to the U.S. through what Miller would disparagingly call chain migration.
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"I shudder at the thought of what would have become of the Glossers had the same policies Stephen so coolly espouses ... been in effect," said Glosser, pointing to his family's escape of Nazi persecution. Glosser said that Miller and President Trump have likely become "numb to the resultant human tragedy and blind to the hypocrisy of their policy decisions," drawing parallels between the current administration and the Nazi effort to whip up fear and anger toward immigrants.
Miller, who is working to sharply limit legal immigration and have the U.S. accept fewer refugees, is creating disadvantages based on ethnicity and religion, writes Glosser. The normalization of such policies is a "gateway to tyranny," he continued, and amounts to a threat to all Americans. Read more at Politico.
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