Jump to contentAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleFar-right political commentator Milo Yiannopoulos was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement at a New Orleans airport on Thursday. The 41-year-old British national legally entered the United States in May 2019 but overstayed his visa, according to the Department of Homeland Security. An immigration judge issued a final order of removal on July 22 after Yiannopoulos failed to appear for his immigration hearing, leaving him in ICE custody pending deportation. His arrest occurred roughly a day before his former boss, Kanye West, was scheduled to perform at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans. Yiannopoulos, who has a long history of posting racist, sexist, and transphobic rhetoric online, had previously voiced strong public support for ICE and mass deportations. In fullMilo Yiannopoulos looks dejected in mugshot after he is detained by Trump’s ICEMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in

Yiannopoulos has become increasingly critical of the Trump administration after backing it during President Donald Trump’s first term.

The British online commentator was all the rage of the so-called “alt-right” in the first Trump administration.