Far-right British provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos arrested by US immigration enforcement
- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested British far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos on Thursday at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport.
- Yiannopoulos was accused of overstaying after legally entering the United States in May 2019 through New York City.
- An immigration judge issued a final order of removal on July 22 after Yiannopoulos failed to appear for his immigration hearing.
- Yiannopoulos is a well-known conservative commentator who rose to fame as a writer for Breitbart News and resigned in 2017 after a video endorsing pedophilia resurfaced.
- He has most recently worked for rapper Ye and is known for provocative positions criticizing feminism, Islam, and immigrants.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested controversial British far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos on Thursday at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport. According to the Department of Homeland Security, Yiannopoulos was accused of overstaying after entering the United States legally in May 2019 through New York City. An immigration judge issued a final order of removal on July 22 after Yiannopoulos failed to appear for his immigration hearing.
Yiannopoulos is a well-known conservative commentator who has frequently taken provocative public positions criticizing feminism, Islam, and immigrants. He rose to fame in the early 2010s as an incendiary writer for the conservative website Breitbart News. He resigned from the company in 2017 after a video of him endorsing pedophilia resurfaced online; he later apologized and said he was himself a victim of sexual assault as a minor.
Most recently, Yiannopoulos has worked for rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West. His arrest comes amid a nationwide uptick in detentions as part of the Trump administration's immigration enforcement efforts. It is unclear where he is currently being held or whether he has legal representation.
极右翼英国煽动者米洛·尤安诺普洛斯被美国移民执法部门逮捕
美国移民和海关执法局周四在新奥尔良路易斯·阿姆斯特朗国际机场逮捕了争议性英国极右翼评论员米洛·尤安诺普洛斯。根据国土安全部，尤安诺普洛斯被指控在2019年5月通过纽约合法入境美国后非法逾期居留。移民法官在尤安诺普洛斯缺席移民听证会后，于7月22日发布了最终驱逐令。
尤安诺普洛斯是知名保守派评论员，经常发表批评女权主义、伊斯兰教和移民的挑衅性言论。他在2010年代初期因在保守派网站Breitbart News撰写煽动性文章而成名。2017年，一段他认可恋童癖的视频曝光后，他从该公司辞职；他随后为这些言论道歉，并表示自己在未成年时曾是性侵受害者。
最近，尤安诺普洛斯为说唱歌手Ye（前名肯耶·韦斯特）工作。他的逮捕发生在特朗普政府加强移民执法导致全国拘留人数上升的背景下。目前尚不清楚他被关押在何处，也不清楚他是否有法律代理。