Milo Yiannopoulos, a Right-Wing Provocateur, Is Arrested by ICE
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Mr. Yiannopoulos, a prominent early supporter of President Trump, was detained at the New Orleans airport. The Trump administration publicized his arrest and shared a mug shot.
Listen · 4:56 min Share full article Milo Yiannopoulos at a rally in Baltimore in 2021. Credit... Julio Cortez/Associated Press By Chris Cameron Hamed Aleaziz and Ken Bensinger
Chris Cameron and Hamed Aleaziz reported from Washington. Ken Bensinger reported from Los Angeles.
Public ICE detention records confirmed that Mr. Yiannopoulos was in custody, but did not say where he was being held. The Homeland Security Department said that Mr. Yiannopoulos had overstayed his visa and was issued a final deportation order in July. That order means Mr. Yiannopoulos faces possible removal from the country.
The Homeland Security Department publicized Mr. Yiannopoulos’s arrest, circulating an unflattering mug shot and warning other immigrants to “take control of their departure” by self-deporting.
The arrest follows the Trump administration’s efforts targeting foreign citizens as they travel through airports , a tactic that opened a vast pool of people for deportation. Immigration agents in plain clothes have in recent months whisked away targets at check-in counters and arrival gates with the help of information provided by airlines to the Transportation Security Administration.
Mr. Yiannopoulos is a British citizen who has lived in the United States since 2015, when he entered the country to join the staff of Breitbart News using a nonimmigrant visa reserved for people with “extraordinary ability.” He did not respond to messages seeking comment.
Mr. Yiannopoulos was a prominent supporter of Donald J. Trump during his 2016 run for president. In addition to his work at Breitbart, Mr. Yiannopoulos was briefly offered a speaking slot at the Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC, a pre-eminent platform for the American right, in 2017.
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