By America-Today August 29, 2025

Stephen Miller, the White House deputy chief of staff, went on Fox News

on Monday evening to justify President Donald Trump’s use of federal law

enforcement by depicting Chicago and Washington, D.C., as murderous

cities.

Invoking the same language that Trump used to describe Chicago, Miller

called the Illinois city a “bloody killing field.”

“Killing field" is generally used to reference the site of the Cambodian

Genocide, in which 1.3 million people were murdered and buried, though

it is not clear if Miller intended to make such a reference.

“Look at Chicago, they’ve shut down the police department, they’ve

handcuffed law enforcement, and as President Trump says, they have

turned the streets of Chicago into a bloody killing field,” Miller said on

Hannity.Chicago crime statistics show that homicides decreased by 7.3 percent in

2024 compared to 2023, with the city experiencing fewer than 600

murders for the first time in five years. Non-fatal shootings declined 3.7

percent between 2024 and 2023.