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Contact: Shin Inouye, [email protected], 202.869.0398

WASHINGTON –The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, along with other civil rights groups, today called on President Trump to fire White House advisor Stephen Miller for propagating racist, anti-immigrant sentiments. In their letter, the groups state that white nationalist, anti-immigrant ideology should have no place in government, and “the recent exposure of his [Miller’s] deeply-seated racism provides further proof that he is unfit to serve, and he should immediately leave his post.”

The letter emphasizes Miller’s past actions in the White House as reason to remove him from his post. Miller advocated for policies like the Muslim Ban, family separation, and ending transgender participation in the military, while also calling for ending the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The groups also connect Miller’s ideology with the rising levels of hate crime in the United States, stating “The heightened anti-immigrant, anti-minority sentiment that echoes throughout the policies of this administration is undoubtedly linked to the alarming rise of hate crimes, which reached their highest level in recorded history in 2018. Stephen Miller’s racist, deadly agenda is contributing to this violence and must be stopped.”

The groups noted: “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.” They said to Trump: “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.”

The full list of endorsing organizations is below. Read the full letter here .

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 Law and Social Policy (CLASP)

Center for Popular Democracy

Center for Responsible Lending

CHIRLA – Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights

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 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

Service Employees International Union (SEIU)

Shriver Center on Poverty Law

Silver State Equality-Nevada

Southern Poverty Law Center

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

The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights is 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. The Leadership Conference works toward an America as good as its ideals. For more information on The Leadership Conference and its 200-plus member organizations, visit www.civilrights.org.