Stephen Miller Said to Lead Multi-Agency Push to Speed Removal of Migrant Children

Stephen Miller, deputy chief of staff at the White House with a focus on immigration policy, is leading an intense, multi-agency effort to speed up the removal of undocumented immigrant children from the United States, according to a Guardian report published Friday.

The Guardian, citing its own reporting, described the initiative as an "unprecedented" push spanning several government departments and said Miller is widely regarded as the architect and enforcer of President Donald Trump's hardline immigration agenda.

According to the report, critics have condemned the tactics being used as part of the effort as cruel and racist, and said that in some instances the methods employed flout federal law. The Guardian did not name the specific critics or officials in the excerpt reviewed, but characterized the criticism as coming from unspecified opponents of the policy.

The report identifies Miller as a key loyalist to Trump and says he is orchestrating the effort across multiple federal agencies, though the full scope of the departments involved and the specific measures being implemented were not detailed in the available excerpt.

The Guardian's report is described as exclusive, and further details of the operation, including specific policies, numbers of children affected, and agency-by-agency actions, were not immediately available in the material reviewed for this article.

Neither the White House nor Miller's office had issued a public response to the specific claims in the report at the time of publication of this article.

This is a developing story and further details from the original Guardian investigation may provide additional context on the scope and legal implications of the initiative.