US says far-right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos has been deported to UK

By Al Jazeera Staff and The Associated Press. Published On 29 Aug 202629 Aug 2026.

Key points

• According to the department's statement, Yiannopoulos was apprehended by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) while travelling through the Louis Armstrong New Orleans international airport in Louisiana on Thursday.
• Milo Yiannopoulos, a far-right provocateur who feuded with other right-wing content creators, has been deported to the United Kingdom, according to authorities in the United States.
• He entered the country through New York City in May 2019.
• Far-right activist and Islamophobe Laura Loomer, a Trump ally, has celebrated Yiannopoulos's removal after calling for his deportation.
• On Saturday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) confirmed Yiannopoulos's removal a day earlier.

"He chose to overstay his welcome in violation of our nation's laws, " the department posted on social media, in announcing Yiannopoulos's arrest.

He entered the country through New York City in May 2019. After Yiannopoulos missed an immigration hearing earlier this year, a judge issued a final order for his removal on July 22.

In announcing Yiannopoulos's detention on Friday, the DHS encouraged noncitizens who overstayed their visas to self-deport.

"We encourage every person here illegally to take advantage of this offer and reserve the chance to come back to the U.S. The right legal way to live the American dream, " the department wrote. "If not, you will be arrested and deported without a chance to return."

Yiannopoulos has not publicly weighed in on his deportation, with his usually active social media account on X staying silent since his detention.

But Yiannopoulos had formerly been an outspoken supporter of US President Donald Trump and the mass deportation campaign the Republican leader had pledged to undertake during his second term.

"Zero immigration for the next 20 years. No ifs, no buts, " Yiannopoulos wrote in a social media post last year.

Known for his attacks on feminism, immigrants and Muslims, Yiannopoulos is believed to have been in New Orleans this week as part of his work with musician Ye, formerly known as Kanye West.

She has often applied her social media platform to call on the Trump administration to take action against specific individuals. Loomer and Yiannopoulos have been feuding for years.

"Milo is going to be deported back to the UK where he can live among the Muslims he has recently chosen to embrace, " Loomer remarked in a social media post on Friday. "Today is a great day for America."

Loomer additionally called on leftist streamer Hasan Piker. This person has been critical of Israel, to be deported as well. Piker, nevertheless, is a US citizen. "DEPORT HASAN PIKER AND HIS TURKISH MOM NEXT!" she wrote.

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