US authorities deport right-wing extremist blogger Milo Yiannopoulos

The right-wing extremist blogger Milo Yiannopoulos has been deported by the US migration agency ICE. As a spokesman for the US Department of Homeland Security told the dpa news agency, Yiannopoulos was deported to his home country, the United Kingdom, on Friday. On Thursday, ICE officers took Yiannopoulos into custody at New Orleans Airport in the US state of Louisiana because he had overstayed his right of residence.

According to the information, Yiannopoulos entered the USA legally via New York on May 14, 2019. After he stayed in the United States longer than allowed and failed to appear for a hearing, an immigration judge issued a final deportation order on July 22 of this year.

Yiannopoulos was long known as a prominent face of American right-wing extremists. Last year he commented positively on the ICE migration agency on Anyone who cannot prove at the checkpoints that they are legally residing in the USA should be “immediately deported”.

Yiannopoulos was most recently known for his connections to US rapper Ye (previously Kanye West), as the celebrity portal TMZ reported on the case. He worked for him for almost two years before the two ended their collaboration in 2024.