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November 18, 2019

The President

The White House

1600 Pennsylvania Ave, NW

Washington, DC 20500

Dear Mr. President:

On behalf of The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, a coalition charged by its diverse membership of more than 220 national organizations to promote and protect the rights of all persons in the United States, and the undersigned entities, we write to demand the removal of Stephen Miller from his position as your senior advisor.

Supporters of white supremacists and neo-Nazis should not be allowed to serve at any level of government, let alone in the White House. Stephen Miller has stoked bigotry, hate, and division with his extreme political rhetoric and policies throughout his career. The recent exposure of his deep-seated racism provides further proof that he is unfit to serve and should immediately leave his post.

In his role as your senior advisor, Stephen Miller has promoted hate speech spewed from neo-Nazis, bigots, and white supremacists. His advancement of white nationalist ideology has resulted in policies — and violent acts — that actively harm immigrants, people of color, and marginalized communities. These policies include the devastating Muslim ban, efforts to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, a ban on transgender people serving in the military, and the family separation policy that has led to the cruel and inhumane treatment of immigrant families in detention centers throughout our nation. The heightened anti-immigrant and anti-minority sentiments driving the policies of this administration are undoubtedly linked to the alarming rise of hate crimes and the highest number of hate-fueled murders in recent history. Stephen Miller’s racist, deadly agenda is contributing to this violence and must be stopped.

Stephen Miller represents white supremacy, violent extremism, and hate — all ideologies that are antithetical to the fundamental values that guide our democracy. Allowing him to remain a White House advisor is a betrayal of our national ideals of justice, inclusion, and fairness. We call on you to halt your own hateful actions and rhetoric and remove all hate enthusiasts from the administration.

Unless and until you fire Stephen Miller — and all who promulgate bigotry — and abandon your administration’s anti-civil rights agenda, you will continue to be responsible for the violence fueled by that hate.

Sincerely,

The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

Advocates for Youth

African American Ministers In Action

American Atheists

American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee

Anti-Defamation League

Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF)

Autistic Self Advocacy Network

Bend the Arc: Jewish Action

Center for Community Self-Help

Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)

Center for Popular Democracy

Center for Responsible Lending

CHIRLA – Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights

Clearinghouse on Women’s Issues

Coalition on Human Needs

Council on American-Islamic Relations

Disability Rights Education & Defense Fund

Equal Rights Advocates

Equality California

Faith in Public Life

Families Belong Together

Farmworker Justice

Hindu American Foundation

Human Rights Campaign

Jews United for Democracy and Justice

Lambda Legal

Matthew Shepard Foundation

Muslim Public Affairs Council

NAACP

NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.

National Action Network

National Center for Transgender Equality

National Council of Jewish Women

National Council on Independent Living

National Education Association

National Fair Housing Alliance

National Hispanic Media Coalition

National Housing Law Project

National Immigration Law Center

National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health

National LGBTQ Task Force

National Organization for Women

NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice

OCA – Asian Pacific American Advocates

One Fair Wage

People for the American Way

Population Connection Action Fund

Public Citizen

Service Employees International Union (SEIU)

Shriver Center on Poverty Law

Silver State Equality-Nevada

Southern Poverty Law Center

Take on Hate (A Project of ACCESS)

Texas Progressive Action Network

The League of United Latin American Citizens

Transformative Justice Coalition

UnidosUS

Union for Reform Judaism

United We Dream

Win Without War