Far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos deported to UK

By Chris Kirkham

LOS ‌ANGELES, Aug 29 (Reuters) - ​British ​far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos was deported back to his home country, the United Kingdom, a ‌Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spokesperson said on Saturday.

The ⁠deportation on Friday came a day after Yiannopoulos, 41, was arrested ‌at the Louis Armstrong ‌New Orleans International Airport by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). A DHS spokesperson said he "chose to overstay his ​welcome in violation of our nation's laws" after legally entering the country in May 2019.

Yiannopoulos, who has ⁠called for stricter immigration enforcement than the Trump administration has carried out, including ​ICE checkpoints at supermarket entrances, did not appear for an immigration hearing and was issued ​a final order of removal ‌on July 22, according to DHS.

Yiannopoulos could not immediately be reached for comment.

The celebrity news ⁠site TMZ.com, which broke the news of his arrest, suggested that Yiannopoulos, who has close ties to the rapper ⁠Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, was in New Orleans ahead ​of the musician's scheduled performance there on Friday night.

Yiannopoulos was a vocal supporter of Donald Trump during his 2016 campaign and often ‌espoused anti-Islamic and anti-immigrant rhetoric. In a June 2025 post on the social media ‌platform X, he wrote: "We have got to deport millions ⁠and millions and millions ‌of people. Without ​that, nothing else matters."

(Reporting by Chris Kirkham in Los Angeles; editing by Donna Bryson and Sanjeev ‌Miglani)

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