(CNN) The House Oversight Committee Wednesday invited White House senior policy adviser Stephen Miller to testify on the Trump administration's immigration policies on May 1. Democratic Rep. Elijah Cummings, the chairman of the committee, sent a letter to Miller, the architect behind President Donald Trump's immigration policies, asking him to "appear voluntarily" before the committee. Miller is a prominent voice in the administration's immigration policymaking and has seen his influence rise in recent weeks, leading to a spate of prominent firings and resignations in the Department of Homeland Security. Cummings gave Miller until April 24 to inform the committee whether he will agree to testify. CNN previously reported the President told aides in a recent Oval Office meeting that he was putting Miller in charge of all immigration and border issues, according to a person familiar with the meeting.

Source: CNN April 17, 2019 23:26 UTC