A staffer for Sen. Jeff Sessions, later identified as Stephen Miller, reached out to me for a meeting about a dozen years ago.
We met at a coffee shop, where he pitched an idea: liberals who care about American workers should join forces with immigration restrictionists.
Fewer immigrants, he contended, would mean more jobs available for American citizens.
At the time, I had no idea what he would become.
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Author's summary: Meeting Stephen Miller years ago.