WASHINGTON, United States (MNTV) – White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller has escalated his rhetoric on immigration, claiming that asylum claims in the United States are “all fake” and arguing that migrants use birthright citizenship to generate what he called “industrial-scale remittance farming” that sustains foreign economies through U.S. welfare payments.
“Everyone involved in the asylum system knows and understands the claims are all fake,” Miller wrote on X.
The remarks are the latest in a series from Miller framing immigration as an economic and legal threat, following his March statement that birthright citizenship “steals the actual birthright of every American” and his December characterization of the current system as “illegal suicide.”
The comments come as the Supreme Court weighs a challenge to Trump’s executive order seeking to restrict birthright citizenship for children born to parents without legal status or on temporary visas.
During oral arguments, several justices expressed skepticism about the administration’s position. Chief Justice John Roberts questioned whether the president has the authority to exclude a broad category of U.S.-born children from citizenship, while Justice Elena Kagan said the interpretation would depart from a long-standing legal tradition rooted in the 14th Amendment and affirmed by the Supreme Court’s 1898 decision in United States v. Wong Kim Ark.
Immigration law professor Amanda Frost told lawmakers there is little evidence that birth tourism accounts for more than a small share of U.S. births, warning that restricting citizenship could create legal uncertainty for hundreds of thousands of children.
A recent national survey found 59% of Americans support maintaining birthright citizenship, while 24% oppose it.