US says far-right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos has been deported to UK

The social media personality had been detained by Immigration agents at an airport in New Orleans earlier in the week.Milo Yiannopoulos, a far-right provocateur who feuded with other right-wing content creators, has been deported to the United Kingdom, according to authorities in the United States.On Saturday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) confirmed Yiannopoulos’s removal a day earlier.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Far-right UK provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos detained by ICE in USlist 2 of 3How the US far-right weaponised ‘inshallah’ against Abdul El-Sayedlist 3 of 3Ukraine’s Zelenskyy meets with far-right US activist Laura Loomerend of list“He chose to overstay his welcome in violation of our nation’s laws,” the department posted on social media, in announcing Yiannopoulos’s arrest.According to the department’s statement, Yiannopoulos was apprehended by Immigration-and-customs-enforcement" class="entity-link entity-organization" data-entity-id="142597" data-entity-type="organization">Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) while travelling through the Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport in Louisiana on Thursday.He entered the country through New York City in May 2019. After Yiannopoulos missed an Immigration hearing earlier this year, a judge issued a final order for his removal on July 22.In announcing Yiannopoulos’s detention on Friday, the DHS encouraged noncitizens who overstayed their visas to self-deport.“We encourage every person here illegally to take advantage of this offer and reserve the chance to come back to the U.S. the right legal way to live the American dream,” the department wrote. “If not, you will be arrested and deported without a chance to return.”Yiannopoulos has not publicly weighed in on his deportation, with his usually active social media account on X staying silent since his detention.But Yiannopoulos had formerly been an outspoken supporter of US President Donald Trump and the mass deportation campaign the Republican leader had pledged to undertake during his second term.