Right-wing commentator Milo Yiannopoulos detained by ICE

28 August 2026, 20: 25 BST. Updated 4 minutes ago.

Key points

• He has written columns titled "Birth Control Makes Women Unattractive and Crazy" and "Would You Rather Your Child Had Feminism or Cancer?"
• British political commentator Milo Yiannopoulos, a vocal supporter of US President Donald Trump, was apparently detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to the agency's records.
• Yiannopoulos has been widely criticised for his comments regarding transgender residents, Muslims, Black Lives Matter, feminists and gay individuals, even though he himself identified as gay.
• Neither ICE nor Yiannopoulos have responded to the BBC's request for comment, but his name and British origins appear in a search of detainees nationwide.
• Yiannopoulos, who grew up in Kent in the south of England, at present resides in the US.

Yiannopoulos, 41, a former editor of the right-wing US website Breitbart and employee of rapper Kanye West, appears to be held in Louisiana, according to a search of ICE's inmate registry.

For context, the self-styled provocateur has called himself the "most fabulous supervillain on the internet". His critics call him a purveyor of hate speech.

Yiannopoulos, who grew up in Kent in the south of England, at present resides in the US. The circumstances around his apparent detention are still unclear.

He was an early supporter of Trump during the 2016 election, headlining an event called Gays for Trump during the Republican National Convention that year, and has backed Trump's tighter immigration restrictions in the US.

"Total legal immunity for ICE agents when they're on duty, " he posted on X last year.

Yiannopoulos has been widely criticised for his comments regarding transgender residents, Muslims, Black Lives Matter, feminists and gay individuals, even though he himself identified as gay. Yiannopoulos now calls himself an "ex-gay".

In short, right-wing commentator Milo Yiannopoulos detained by ICE is the central thread here, and readers can expect follow-up reporting as the picture becomes clearer.