Alt-right troll Milo Yiannopoulos has been deported
The controversial Gamergate figure has been sent back to the UK after overstaying his visa.
by Terrence O'Brien
Aug 29, 2026, 7:49 PM UTC
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Alt-right troll Milo Yiannopoulos was arrested by ICE on Thursday, and today the Department of Homeland Security confirmed to Reuters and the Washington Post that he had been deported to the UK. Yiannopoulos came to the US legally in 2019, but overstayed his visa. After he failed to appear in court for an immigration hearing, a final order of removal was issued on July 22.
The British national made a name for himself as an editor at Steve Bannon’s Breitbartand an early supporter of Donald Trump’s. He has had a long history of controversial statements and associations,...
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