Trump's immigration push is Stephen Miller's dream come true

[DonViejo]

The president's October fixation on border security has rejuvenated an immigration agenda pushed by the White House aide and his allies across the administration.

By NANCY COOK 10/31/2018 05:48 PM EDT

Even if Republicans suffer losses on Tuesday, the midterm election campaign will have been a bonanza for immigration hard-liners inside the Trump administration.

President Donald Trump’s fixation on border security in the closing weeks of the campaign has given a tight-knit group of senior staffers from the White House and several departments the chance to put Trump on the record, yet again, on immigration policies he touted aggressively in 2016 but which had faded amid the mayhem of his early presidency.

Just within the past week, Trump has deployed thousands of troops to the border, floated potential executive action to block a caravan of Central American migrants from entering the country, and proposed the idea of ending automatic citizenship for anyone born in the U.S. On Wednesday, he told reporters that the administration may send 10,000 to 15,000 additional military personnel to the border.

All the while, White House aides and Republican strategists have expressed glee about the way images of the caravan have stoked the conservative base, especially in states like Missouri, Indiana, North Dakota and Iowa, said one Republican strategist. A recent poll by the Pew Research Center showed that illegal immigration ranked the highest nationally among Republican voters, at 75 percent, as the biggest problem the country faces.

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https://www.politico.com/story/2018/10/31/trump-immigration-birthright-citizenship-stephen-miller-border-security-952690

[sfwriter]

1. Yeah, I'll bet he warmed his scaly ectothermic ass...

under a heat lamp just so he’s and trump could cuddle.