White House senior adviser Stephen Miller follows President Trump across the South Lawn of the White House to board Marine One earlier this month. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)The chairman of the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday asked White House senior adviser Stephen Miller to testify before the committee next month about Trump administration policies on immigration. The White House aide is not in a Cabinet-level post, yet Democrats worry that he is calling the shots more than other department heads who work on immigration on a daily basis. “I am inviting you to testify before the committee because it appears that you are one of the primary moving forces behind some of the most significant — and in my view, troubling — immigration policies coming out of the Trump White House,” Cummings wrote. It is unlikely the White House would allow a top aide to testify, and in the letter, Cummings acknowledged that White House advisers do not testify before congressional committees.

Source: Washington Post April 17, 2019 22:46 UTC