Stephen Miller outlined his case for a halt on immigration from third world countries during recent remarks, arguing that the United States must address internal challenges before continuing large-scale admissions.

Miller referenced President Trump’s position on the issue and pointed to earlier immigration policies as historical examples of how the country managed demographic pressures.

“Clearly we need to have in this country exactly what President Trump called for, which is that we need a moratorium on immigration from third world countries until we can heal ourselves as a nation, solve our education issues, solve our health care issues, our public safety issues, our assimilation issues, our cultural issues,” Miller said.

He described the 1924 immigration act as a model for understanding how the nation previously slowed immigration to manage economic and security concerns.

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“So the 1924 act is such a good example because so we had large scale immigration from Europe from 1880 to 1920 so in other words, we went from a country that had immigration from part of Europe to immigration from many other parts of Europe,” Miller said.

Miller noted that even shifts within European migration patterns had significant effects on the United States.

“But even other European countries pose enormous stresses on the US system, both economically and in terms of security. There's a lot of crime, a lot of threats to public safety and order, and those were addressed with very strict immigration quotas,” he said.

He emphasized that several aspects of earlier immigration history are often overlooked.

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“What they don't teach you in school is that from 1920 to 1970 there was negative migration. There was a half century of negative migration. The foreign born population declined by 40% for half a century,” Miller said.

According to Miller, the country’s population shift during that period came from natural growth rather than new arrivals.

“During that same time period, will the US population doubled from natural childbirth,” he said.

Miller described that era as one in which Americans developed a shared identity shaped by major national events.

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“That was the cauldron in which a unified, shared national identity was formed. They went through a depression together. They went through World Wars together. They landed on the moon together. This great period in American history happened at a time when there was negative migration,” he said.

Miller added that the historical context he described is not widely understood.

“They don't teach that to our kids in school. And frankly, I would submit very few politicians serving in Congress probably know that will,” he said.

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