British provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos – who built his career in America through controversial public speaking that appealed to the far right, including calls for aggressive immigration enforcement – now faces deportation from the United States.
Yiannopoulos was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement Thursday at a Louisiana airport after overstaying his visa, the Department of Homeland Security said.
The conservative figure is being held by ICE in Louisiana, where several ICE facilities have served as the final stop for thousands of migrants in President Donald Trump’s deportation push.
Here’s what you need to know about Yiannopoulos’ arrest and his controversial path through the far-right orbit and conservative politics.
Born in England to British and Greek parents, Yiannopoulos came to the US, where he built a career as a conservative firebrand who leaned into controversy through his writing for the far-right website Breitbart News, speeches and online presence.
