How Stephen Miller appointment shows Trump hasn’t learned his lesson on immigration

US voters repudiated mass deportation campaign, but choice of new chief of staff shows Trump doesn’t care

On Tuesday, voters resoundingly rebuked Donald Trump and his brutal mass deportation campaign that sent military tanks and masked agents though residential streets.

But on Friday, the president doubled down. He named Stephen Miller – the architect of the administration’s most aggressive immigration policies – as his chief of staff.