Stephen Miller on 7-Year-Old Girl’s Death: 'Left Wing, Activist' Judicial Rulings 'Incentivize' Dangerous Migration

Sunday on CBS’s “Face the Nation,” White House senior policy adviser Stephen Miller blamed left-wing, activist judicial rulings” for incentivizing the “most vulnerable populations to come to our country,” and he argued that played a role in the tragic death of a seven-year-old girl in Border Patrol custody on December 7. Partial transcript as follows: MARGARET BRENNAN: –you’re a key voice on, and that is immigration and also want to talk about the possible shutdown here. One very particular case here, this seven year old migrant girl who passed away. She was a migrant from Guatemala named Jakelin Caal. She died some hours after passing into U.S. territory while she was under the protection of Customs and Border Patrol. Who bears responsibility for her death? MILLER: Our hearts break for the tragic death of the 7 year old girl. The loss of that precious life is. Horrifying. It is a painful reminder of the ongoing humanitarian tragedy that is illegal immigration and the misery that it spreads. A coyote dropped off one hundred sixty three migrants in an extremely remote section of New Mexico. Those individuals were found by border patrol who, many cases act as first responders. In fact Border