British far-right polemicist Milo Yiannopoulos was deported from the United States on Friday after being arrested by US immigration officials in New Orleans. He had been residing illegally in the US since May 2019.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) confirmed the deportation of Milo Yiannopoulos, 41, whom it described as an "illegal alien from the United Kingdom" in an official statement. The former editor-in-chief of Breitbart News was detained on August 27 at Louis Armstrong International Airport in New Orleans upon his arrival in the United States.
According to the DHS, Yiannopoulos entered the United States in May 2019 and "chose to remain there beyond the permitted time, in violation of the laws of the country." He was returned to the United Kingdom, the country where he grew up in Kent, in southern England.
The irony of the situation did not escape observers: Yiannopoulos himself had called for mass deportations and, in 2025, demanded "total immunity for ICE agents on active duty." On social media, he had written: "We must deport millions and millions of people. Without that, nothing else matters." He also advocated for the "immediate deportation of anyone who cannot prove their legal presence in the United States."
Far-right commentator Laura Loomer, an ally of Donald Trump and avowed rival of Yiannopoulos, claimed responsibility for his arrest on X. She asserted that the DHS had confirmed to her that Yiannopoulos would "never be allowed to return to the United States."
A native of Kent, the polemicist first gained notoriety as an early supporter of Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential campaign, notably hosting an event called "Gays for Trump" at the Republican convention. His relationship with the president has since evolved: in March of this year, he wrote on X that Trump had "lost his way, bought by foreign interests," while continuing to support his political agenda.
His career suffered a setback in 2017 when a video showing him appearing to condone pedophilia led to his expulsion from the conservative conference CPAC and his resignation from Breitbart. He denied the accusations, explaining that he was speaking about his own childhood experiences. He then worked for rapper Kanye West during his unsuccessful 2020 presidential campaign, and later for Republican Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene before she left Congress.
Yiannopoulos, who once identified as gay and now describes himself as "ex-gay," has made numerous controversial statements regarding transgender people, Muslims, the Black Lives Matter movement, feminists, and homosexuals. Long associated with the alt-right movement, he has always refused to endorse it, while describing it as "energizing and exciting."
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