President-elect Donald Trump is naming longtime adviser Stephen Miller, an immigration hard-liner, to be the deputy chief of policy in his new administration. Confirming the appointment, Vice President-elect JD Vance posted a message of congratulations on Monday to Miller on X and said, This is another fantastic pick by the president.Miller is one of Trump's longest-serving aides, dating back to his first campaign for the White House. He was a senior adviser in Trump’s first term and has been a central figure in many of his policy decisions, particularly on immigration, including Trump's move to separate thousands of immigrant families as a deterrence program in 2018.Miller's anti-H1-B visa stanceDespite the economic consensus that international students and high-skilled immigrants are a boon to America, the Trump administration took the opposite stance and tried, among other things, to break the link between international students and their ability to work in the U.S. after graduation, as per a Forbes report. In addition to restricting H-1B visas, administration officials “pursued policies to make it less appealing to study in the United States.”H-1B visas are important because they generally represent the only practical way for high-skilled foreign nationals, including international students, to work long-term in the United States and have the chance to become employment-based immigrants and U.S. citizens.The Cruz-Sessions bill would have required anyone with a bachelor’s or master’s degree – 90% of current H-1B visa holders – from working in America in H-1B status until they had first worked for 10 years outside of the United States, as per the Forbes report.“The bill eliminated Optional Practical Training (OPT) for international students, which allows students to work in the United States, usually after graduating. (A never-released Trump administration regulation would have eliminated or restricted OPT.)”The bill would set a high minimum salary ($110,000 a year) for H-1B visa holders, foreshadowing the administration’s October 2020 Department of Labor (DOL) wage rule, the report says.The bill also sought to make it easier for U.S. workers to file lawsuits against companies for discrimination, years before the Trump administration filed what the Wall Street Journal called a “dubious” lawsuit against Facebook for allegedly discriminating against U.S. workers.The Cruz-Sessions bill reflected the views and likely drafting of Stephen Miller, the Forbes report says.Miller is expected to work closely with Thomas D. Homan, the former acting director of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, whom the president-elect named on Sunday as his "czar" to police and to control the borders.Trump said Homan would also oversee the planned deportations of immigrants residing illegally in the United States, as well as the nation's maritime and aviation security.
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