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Former alt‑right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos was detained at New Orleans airport after missing an immigration hearing, received a final removal order and was sent back to Britain. Officials noted he entered the United States legally in 2019 but was later classified as an illegal alien. The case highlights US immigration enforcement and the option of voluntary self‑deportation.
Yiannopoulos was returned to UK after being arrested in Louisiana having failed to appear at an immigration hearing US immigration officials noted that Milo Yiannopoulos initially arrived legally in the US in 2019 and referred to him as an 'illegal alien'.
Photograph: Sam Hodgson/New York TimesHe has referred to himself as “the most fabulous supervillain on the internet” and has championed alt-right talking points on feminism, Islam and immigrants. Milo Yiannopoulos was detained by US immigration officials at the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport in Louisiana after failing to appear at an immigration hearing.
Photograph: US Immigration and Customs Enforcement/PA WireImmigration officials noted that Yiannopoulos initially arrived legally in the US in 2019 and referred to him as an “illegal alien”.
“Yiannopoulos was issued a final order of removal by an immigration judge on July 22, after failing to show up for his immigration hearing. He will remain in Ice [ They added that being in detention was a “choice” as the US government is offering money and free flights for people to “self deport”.
In the early 2010s Yiannopoulos was recruited to the Breitbart website by Trump’s former chief strategist Steve Bannon, and was known to refer to Trump as “daddy”. He resigned from the company in 2017 after a video of him endorsing paedophilia resurfaced online, and later apologised for the remarks and said he had been a victim of sexual assault as a minor.
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Former Breitbart Editor Detained at New Orleans Airport After ICE OrderThe U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested former Breitbart editor Yiannopoulos, 41, at the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport after a final order of removal was issued. Yiannopoulos entered the U.S. legally in May 2019 but overstayed, failing to attend his immigration hearing. He remains in ICE custody pending removal, with reports of his detention in Alexandria, Louisiana.
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