Champion of white nationalism in the United States, far-right British polemicist Milo Yiannopoulos, who praised the action of the American immigration police (ICE), was arrested by the latter and will be deported, the United States government announced on Friday, August 28.
He was arrested Thursday at Louis Armstrong International Airport in New Orleans, Louisiana, the Department of Homeland Security explained in a statement.
Having entered the United States legally on May 14, 2019, Milo Yiannopoulos overstayed his authorized stay and was issued a final deportation order on July 22 for failing to appear at a hearing on his status, the ministry added. “He will remain in ICE custody pending deportation”according to the text.
Having lived in the United States for years, Mr. Yiannopoulos called in September 2025, on “total immunity” ICE agents in the exercise of their duties. This police force is responsible for carrying out the anti-immigration offensive wanted by Donald Trump. His methods, considered brutal, as well as the death, in January, of two Americans shot dead by federal agents in Minneapolis (Minnesota), while they opposed their presence in this city, caused great emotion in the United States.
Close to Kanye West
Mr. Yiannopoulos’ arrest was welcomed by rival far-right figures, such as influencer Laura Loomer, who boasted on “the first person to report that Milo was in the United States illegally, where he incited violence against the president (Donald) Trump ».
Denounced by his critics as racist and misogynist, this avowed homosexual presents himself as a crusader for freedom of expression who holds in horror the “politically correct” in all its forms. He is particularly close to Kanye West, who is due to perform on Friday in New Orleans, underlines the American website TMZ.
