Stephen Miller’s promotion angers industries reeling from immigration enforcement

The Washington Post ^ | November 6, 2026 7:28 p.m. EST | Lauren Kaori Gurley

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President Donald Trump’s naming of deportation architect as his chief of staff unleashed anger, fear and astonishment among leaders of industries that depend on immigrant labor.

Industries that rely heavily on immigrant labor decried President Donald Trump’s promotion of his chief architect of deportations on Friday, just days after millions of Americans signaled anger about such policies.

The elevation of Stephen Miller to chief of staff, starting Monday, left some leaders of groups representing the agriculture and construction sectors gobsmacked.

“When I got a text message, ‘Hey, have you heard about Stephen Miller?,’ my first thought was: Thank goodness he was let go,” said Chris Herr, president of PennAg Industries Association, which represents farmers and pork and poultry producers. Many of his members helped propel Trump to victory in 2024 but have soured on the president, as some farmers reel from the loss of workers to immigration enforcement, he said.

“The wild card now is what is the president going to do?” Herr said. “Is he going to be engaged, or is the Stephen Miller policy going to rule the day?”

Last month, more than 40 farmers and agricultural industry groups wrote to Trump and congressional leaders, warning that the immigration crackdown was hitting the nation’s food supply, hurting farmers and risking higher grocery prices. The letter marked a strategy shift for an industry that had been reluctant to publicly criticize the immigration raids, preferring to lobby the administration behind the scenes. About 66 percent of the country’s farmworkers are foreign-born.

“Time will tell if Stephen Miller continues to wreck the economy, destroy families, tarnish the Republican political coalition and obliterate Trump’s legacy,” said Rebecca Shi, chief executive of the American Business Immigration Coalition, a bipartisan group that lobbies for immigration reform on Capitol Hill, which organized the letter.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: slavelabor

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Stephen Miller’s promotion angers industries reeling from immigration enforcement

Lock them up!

[Equine1952]

“Stephen Miller’s promotion angers industries reeling from immigration enforcement”

Tough💩. There’s a legal way to hire labor. IMO

[Mr. Mojo]

<< industries that depend on immigrant labor. >>

Illegal alien labor, to be accurate rather than deliberately misleading.

[Chgogal]

IOW those “40 farmers and agriculture industry gropes” want slave labor. How progressive of them.

[alexander_busek]

The elevation of Stephen Miller to chief of staff, starting Monday, left some leaders of groups representing the agriculture and construction sectors gobsmacked.

Blatantly British idiom in an American publication!

I tell you, the Post has gone doolally!

Regards,

[alexander_busek]

Last month, more than 40 farmers and agricultural industry groups wrote to Trump and congressional leaders, warning that the immigration crackdown was hitting the nation’s food supply, hurting farmers and risking higher grocery prices they have relied so heavily on the labor of ILLEGAL ALIENS that they are now even considering hiring honest-to-God Americans to fill the gap!

American industry admits that it relies on imported slave labor!

Regards,

[kaktuskid]

Due time for agriculture to automate….most fruits and vegetables can be machined harvested, carrots and potatoes are already. Would also mean cleaner produce- machines don’t crap in the fields.

[doc maverick]

“Stephen Miller’s promotion angers industries reeling from ILLEGAL immigration enforcement”
Cry Me A River!
Azzholes!
The taxpayers can’t afford all of their freebies ANYMORE, NEVER COULD.
Some of us have been paying for their freebies for 40 fooking years!

[Yardstick]

Somewhere Cesar Chavez rolls over in his grave as the Democrats side with big business as it exploits cheap illegal workers.

Trump should turn Miller loose on the businesses who use illegal workers.

[Ronaldus Magnus III]

Stephen Miller’s promotion angers industries reeling from immigration enforcement.

The entities most "angered" are the Nonprofits and NGOs that were "assisting" in the invasion of illegals into the USA.

The crackdowns, along with the throttling of USAID, has forced many of them to go find a job and actually work.

[ArcadeQuarters]

“We need our cheap labor! Screw everyone else!”