For Stephen Miller, the architect of US President Donald Trump's hardline migration policy, the protests in Los Angeles were nothing less than the front line of a "fight to save civilization itself." "We've been saying for years this is a fight to save civilization.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids that inspired protests around Los Angeles over the weekend are part of a crackdown spearheaded by the architect of President Donald Trump’s most extreme immigration policies,

Those close to the administration describe Miller not just as a loyal aide, but as the ideological compass for Trump's most aggressive domestic agenda.