Right-wing firebrand Milo Yiannopoulos ‘detained by ICE at Louisiana airport’
Right-wing influencer Milo Yiannopoulos, who used to be Kanye West’s chief of staff and is now his publicist, has reportedly been detained by ICE.
Sources claim the British firebrand was taken into custody at an airport in Louisiana, with inmate records indicating he is now at a detention center there, via TMZ.
His reasons for traveling to the state remain unconfirmed, although West is scheduled to perform at the Superdome in New Orleans on Friday.
Since his rise to fame as a political commentator, Yiannopoulos has been a staunch advocate of immigration restriction and mass deportations.
He said in 2017 that he was in America on an O-1 nonimmigrant visa, which is granted to aliens with an ‘extraordinary ability in the sciences, arts, education, business, or athletics,’ per the US Citizenship and Immigration Services policy manual.
The Daily Mail has contacted Yiannopoulos and ICE for comment.
Right-wing influencer Milo Yiannopoulos, who used to be Kanye West’s chief of staff and is now his publicist, has reportedly been detained by ICE
O-1 visas, which require sponsorship by an ‘agent’ or employer, can also be given to individuals who have demonstrated ‘extraordinary achievement’ in movies and TV.
Yiannopoulos enjoys a longstanding association with West and even acted as director of political operations for his 2024 US presidential campaign.
In 2022, during his time as West’s political honcho, he helped arrange the rapper’s explosively controversial Mar-a-Lago summit with Donald Trump and the self-described ‘white identitarian’ streaming superstar Nick Fuentes.
Yiannopoulous has since fallen out dramatically with Fuentes, whom he now relentlessly mocks on X, formerly known as Twitter.
In 2017, he exchanged vows in Hawaii with a black man whom he publicly referred to only as ‘John,’ otherwise taking pains to conceal his identity.
As such, it remains unconfirmed whether Yiannopoulos became eligible to obtain American citizenship or a green card via marriage to a US national.
Yiannopoulos has characterized himself as ‘ex-gay’ since 2021, and has commenced divorce proceedings with his still mysterious husband.
