British right-wing political commentator Milo Yiannopoulos detained by ICE
ICE says Milo Yiannopoulos will remain in custody pending removal after an immigration judge issued a final order on July 22.
- On Thursday, August 27, 2026, Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detained British commentator Milo Yiannopoulos at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport; he remains in custody at a Louisiana facility pending removal.
- Department of Homeland Security records show an immigration judge issued a final removal order on July 22 after Yiannopoulos failed to appear for his hearing, following his legal entry on May 14, 2019.
- Yiannopoulos previously demanded 'on the spot deportation' for undocumented individuals and wrote 'Zero immigration for the next 20 years' on social media last year, underscoring the irony of his detention.
- Far-Right activist Laura Loomer claimed credit on X, writing she was 'the first person to report on the fact that Milo was in the US illegally' and calling the detention 'a great day for America'.
- Currently held at an Alexandria, Louisiana, facility used for deportation operations, Yiannopoulos remains in custody pending removal; legal representatives have not yet commented on challenging the July 22 removal order.
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Yiannopoulos entered the United States legally on May 14, 2019, but exceeded the period of authorized stay and on July 22, he received a final expulsion order, for not presenting himself to a hearing about his situation, said the Department
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Milo Yiannopoulos has been taken into custody by U.S. immigration authorities and is expected to remain detained while removal proceedings move forward. The 41-year-old British political provocateur was arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport in Kenner, Louisiana, according to the Department of Homeland Security. Yiannopoulos has not […] The post Former MAGA Firebrand Milo Yiannop…
He is under the custody of the immigration agency and the jurisdiction of the Alexandria office, in the state of Louisiana.
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Tweets by far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos in support of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have resurfaced online, after the British national was detained by the agency in Louisiana on Thursday. In June 2025, he said: 'we are going to find out that there are over 50 million illegals in the United States'.
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