Milo Yiannopoulos, a British national known for his political reinventions, has been detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Louisiana, according to ICE records. The spokesperson from the US Department of Homeland Security stated that he entered the country legally in May 2019 but overstayed his welcome, and was issued a final order of removal by an Immigration Judge on July 22, 2020, after failing to appear for his immigration hearing. He was detained on August 27, 2020, and remains in ICE custody pending removal.

Yiannopoulos’s journey in US politics has been a turbulent one. He started at the right-wing website Breitbart in 2014, leaving in 2017 after making controversial remarks. He later worked with Kanye West, Nick Fuentes and Donald Trump, and more recently claimed to have converted to heterosexuality and Roman Catholicism, planning to open a gay conversion therapy facility in Florida.

His latest venture involves serving as spokesman for Kanye West, who is set to perform in New Orleans on Friday night as part of his 2026 tour. Yiannopoulos’s endorsement of a hardline anti-immigration stance last summer suggests he remains a polarising figure, with his detractors like Laura Loomer claiming credit for his detention.

Yiannopoulos’s detention highlights the complex and often controversial nature of immigration in America, and raises questions about the future of his political and public personas.