'Stop lying, you ghoul': Internet erupts over Stephen Miller's claim on child deportations [View all]

Source: Raw Story

August 31, 2025 5:40PM ET


The internet erupted on Sunday after President Donald Trump's immigration advisor attempted to smear a judge for refusing to deport hundreds of children in the middle of the night. Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff, wrote on X that U.S. District Judge Sparkle Sooknanan of the District of Columbia was "refusing" to allow hundreds of Guatemalan children to be reunited with their parents.

His comments came after Judge Sooknanan issued an order prohibiting the Trump administration from deporting the children. "The minors have all self-reported that their parents are back home in Guatemala," Miller wrote in a post on X. "But a Democrat judge is refusing to let them reunify with their parents."

Lawyers and legal analysts shredded Miller's claims on social media. "Stop lying, you ghoul," Timothy Bellman, a Democrat in West Virginia, posted on X. "Stephen Miller's rant is pure garbage, total fake news from Trump's anti-immigrant goon!" activist Mike Young posted on X. "Judge Sooknanan blocks hasty deports of 700 unaccompanied kids for just two weeks to confirm safe homes, upholding laws you ignore! Your boss separated thousands in 2018, crying wolf now? We defend children from bullies like you, not exploit them."

"Stephen Miller is a liar," immigration lawyer Aaron Reichlin-Melnick posted on X. "Here is a sworn declaration from one of the children saying that their mother is dead and that they left because they suffered abuse and neglect at the hands of their family, including their surviving father. The child wants to stay and seek protection."

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