Donald Trump has admitted that Stephen Miller is “top of the totem pole” as he considers appointing his next national security adviser. Miller, the current White House deputy chief of staff, is reported to be the leading candidate to replace Mike Waltz after Waltz was ousted from his position in the wake of the Signalgate scandal.

Federal immigration law has long held that immigrants present in the U.S. have due process rights protecting them from automatic deportation.

President Trump floated the idea of potentially giving his recently vacated National Security Adviser position to Stephen Miller, his deputy chief of staff.