The White House has informed the House Oversight Committee that Stephen Miller will not testify before the panel about his role in President Donald Trump's controversial immigration policies, according to a letter obtained by CNN.
In the Wednesday letter, White House counsel Pat Cipollone says there's"long-standing precedent" for the White House to decline offers for staff to testify on Capitol Hill. Instead, the White House counsel said Cabinet secretaries and other executive branch officials would make a"reasonable accommodation" for House Oversight Chairman Elijah Cummings' questions on immigration policy.
Last year, Miller advocated for the Trump administration's"zero tolerance" policy for people illegally crossing the border into the US, which resulted in children being separated from their parents at the border, and he's been a consistent advocate of the hard-line immigration policies that have been a centerpiece of Trump's domestic agenda.
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