Overview

• Stephen Miller was touting President Trump’s budget increase for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and tougher deportation tactics on Fox News’ Hannity when his camera battery died mid-segment.
• Though his video feed cut, his microphone stayed on and viewers heard his remarks as Kellyanne Conway stared at the camera and the show shifted to ICE arrest footage.
• Clips of the technical failure and Miller’s off-mic commentary rapidly circulated online, underscoring risks in live political broadcasting.
• On the same day, Politico revealed Miller used Canary Mission, a secretive website, to compile dossiers on academics with pro-Palestinian views to pursue visa cancellations.
• Civil liberties groups argue the practice threatens academic freedom and exemplifies the administration’s intensified surveillance in its hardline immigration agenda.