Stephen Miller Is An 'Immigration Hypocrite,' Uncle Says

SANTA MONICA, CA – Stephen Miller's uncle called out his nephew, who's been named as the chief architect behind Donald Trump's immigration policies, for his hypocrisy Monday in a deeply personal essay for Politico retelling their family's story of immigrating to America in the early 1900s.

By publicly calling out his nephew's hypocrisy on immigration in a piece titled "Stephen Miller Is an Immigration Hypocrite. I Know Because I’m His Uncle," David Glosser shares the family's own tale of American immigration to flee anti-Jewish persecution in Russia – a story of hope and humanity, and escape from certain death. Glosser uses his own family history as a reminder that most Americans have similar family histories of migration, calling on the country's collective conscience to approach immigration policy with compassion, humanity and strength.

Patriarch Wolf-Leib Glosser arrived at Ellis Island from Belarus with only $8 to his name. After working to buy the immediate family's passage to the United States in 1906, the Glosser family "quickly progressed from selling goods from a horse and wagon to owning a haberdashery in Johnstown, to a chain of supermarkets and discount department stores," Glosser wrote in Politico. In a span of around 130 years, the Glosser family grew out of poverty to become a prosperous and educated group of American citizens, he wrote.

This story of Stephen Miller's family immigrating to the United States harshly conflicts with Miller's stance on immigration. An "outside White House adviser" told Vanity Fair in June that "Stephen actually enjoys seeing those pictures [of children being separated] at the border. ... He's a twisted guy, the way he was raised and picked on. There's always been a way he's gone about this. He's Waffen-SS."

"I shudder at the thought of what would have become of the Glossers had the same policies Stephen so coolly espouses — the travel ban, the radical decrease in refugees, the separation of children from their parents, and even talk of limiting citizenship for legal immigrants — been in effect when Wolf-Leib made his desperate bid for freedom," Glosser wrote.

Miller was raised in a liberal family, but converted to conservatism after reading a 1994 book by the National Rifle Association's former CEO Wayne LaPierre titled Guns, Crime, and Freedom. Miller attended Santa Monica High School in the early 2000s, where he earned a notorious reputation.

He reportedly harassed Latino students, telling them to speak English, he wrote in a letter to the editor shortly after 9/11 that "Osama Bin Laden would feel very welcome at Santa Monica High School," and he gave a speech that was captured on video that many considered racially offensive. Later, he would collaborate with white nationalist Richard Spencer while attending Duke University (although he later said he repudiated Spencer's views).

In numerous reports, Miller has been identified as the chief architect of the Trump administration's move to separate migrant children from their parents.

"I have watched with dismay and increasing horror as my nephew, who is an educated man and well aware of his heritage, has become the architect of immigration policies that repudiate the very foundation of our family’s life in this country," Glosser wrote.

Patch editor Dan Hampton contributed to this post; Photo: WASHINGTON, DC - AUGUST 02: Senior Advisor to the President for Policy Stephen Miller talks to reporters about President Donald Trump's support for creating a 'merit-based immigration system' in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House August 2, 2017 in Washington, DC. Earlier in the day President Donald Trump signed bipartisan legislation into law placing new sanctions on Russia and reducing his ability to lift the sanctions on Moscow. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)