ICE Deports Right-Wing Provocateur, Influencer Milo Yiannopoulos
Federal immigration authorities said they deported right-wing provocateur and online influencer Milo Yiannopoulos after he was detained and accused of overstaying his visa.
Federal immigration authorities have deported right-wing provocateur and online influencer Milo Yiannopoulos after he was detained for overstaying his visa. The deportation occurred after Yiannopoulos missed a court hearing in July, leading a federal immigration judge to order his deportation. Yiannopoulos, a British media personality and former editor at Breitbart News, was a supporter of President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign.
He claimed to have facilitated a 2022 meeting between the president and rapper Ye. More recently, he established a public relations and management firm advising celebrities. Despite entering the country legally in 2019, Yiannopoulos chose to stay beyond his visa, violating U.S. laws. The Department of Homeland Security encouraged Americans to self-deport, offering a $3,000 incentive and a free flight.
Immigration agents have been actively targeting foreigners at domestic airports, arresting nearly 50,000 individuals in July, according to data from the Deportation Data Project at UC Berkeley and UCLA.
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