NBC News
February 17, 2019
White House senior adviser Stephen Miller — the Trump administration’s leading voice on immigration — staunchly defended President Donald Trump’s declaration of a national emergency to fund a larger border wall in a contentious interview with “Fox News Sunday” anchor Chris Wallace.
Miller said the action was justified by the authorities granted the president under the National Emergencies Act of 1976 and added that if such an emergency had been declared to support U.S. involvement in a foreign nation such as Syria or Belarus, it wouldn’t cause any backlash.