U.S. officials say British far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos has been deported back to the United Kingdom. The U.S.

British far-right commentator Milo Yiannopoulos has been deported back to the United Kingdom after his arrest by American immigration authorities, U.S. officials said Saturday.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Yiannopoulos was returned to his home country on Friday after being accused of overstaying after entering the U.S. legally in May 2019. A immigration judge had issued a final order of removal on July 22 after he failed to show up for an immigration hearing, a Homeland Security spokesperson said.

Yiannopoulos was arrested Thursday at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport in Louisiana and detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

  • mHtt@lemmy.ca
    7·
    14 hours ago

    of all the places a uk passport can take you, why chose America?

      • mHtt@lemmy.ca
        17·
        14 hours ago

        as much as I disparage and loathe Milo; he’s not been accused of this? you’d think they’d detain him if there were credible accusations?

        maybe i live in a dream world/twilight zone where people are reasonable.

        • artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
          17·
          14 hours ago

          The rightwing commentator’s latest trouble stems from his appearance on an internet livestream last year, during which he said that relationships between adult men and teenage boys can be beneficial.

          In the clip, Yiannopoulos said the age of consent was “not this black-and-white thing” and that relationships “between younger boys and older men … can be hugely positive experiences”.

          He went on to suggest that sex between “younger boys” and older men could be a “coming-of-age relationship … in which those older men help those younger boys discover who they are”.

          The comments drew widespread condemnation. The American Conservative Union rescinded his invitation to speak at its annual CPac conference while Simon & Schuster’s conservative imprint, Threshold Editions, cancelled publication of his upcoming book, Dangerous.

          Amid reports that some Breitbart employees had threatened to leave if Yiannopoulos was not fired, Breitbart editor-in-chief Alex Marlow commented that his editor’s comments were “not defensible”.

          https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/feb/21/milo-yiannopoulos-resigns-breitbart-pedophilia-comments