‘What a Dumb Question!’ Stephen Miller Berates CNN Anchor for Asking if ICE Is Racially Profiling During Explosive Interview

White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller berated CNN’s Boris Sanchez for asking if ICE is racially profiling people during an explosive interview on Monday.

Fresh off a contentious conversation about the state of the city of Portland, Oregon, Sanchez noted that Illinois Governor JB Pritzker (D) has accused the Trump administration of “targeting Black and Brown people, even those who turn out to be here legally” and asked for Miller’s response.

“Well, first of all, the Black people in Chicago are thrilled that we’re getting the illegal aliens out of their communities who are stealing their housing, jobs, and resources. You’ve seen the video of the town halls during the Biden administration where Black citizens who are natives of Chicago were begging to have the illegals taken out of their country,” replied Miller. “What they’ve done is they’ve created a system of law in Chicago, in Illinois, where illegal aliens have far more rights than American citizens. If an American citizen, for example, commits a crime of sexual predation against a child. They’ll cooperate with the FBI. If an illegal alien commits a crime of sexual predation against a child, that illegal alien will be shielded in an ICE no-go zone.”

“It is domestic terrorism, it is insurrection, and no amount of insane hyperventilating lies from Pritzker or [Chicago Mayor Brandon] Johnson or any other Democratic official will change our minds on that. ICE officers should not have to live in fear and violence to do their jobs, period,” he added.

The conversation continued from there:

SANCHEZ: So on the substance of the question, is it the case that as Pritzker frames it, you are profiling Brown people? That this immigration crackdown is designed to go after people of color?

MILLER: That is the, it’s such a-, Oh, what a dumb question. The illegal aliens who are here are taking jobs away from Blacks, they’re taking jobs away from Whites, they’re taking job away from Latinos, they’re taking their health benefits away, they’re taking their school slots away, and of course, in many cases, they’re committing heinous crimes. We cannot have a system of law in this country that privileges illegal aliens over American citizens, and that’s what they’re doing. You know it and I know it.

SANCHEZ: So that’s not exactly a no, Stephen. Can you just unequivocally state that the immigration policy-

MILLER: I said it was a dumb question. Ok, No, and it’s a dumb question. ell, I appreciate that. No, and it’s a dumb question.

SANCHEZ: So no, this policy is not designed to-

MILLER: I thought when I said it was a dumb question, it meant no.

Watch the full exchange above via CNN.