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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.

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[–] Sanctus@anarchist.nexus 47 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Come on, hold him in perpetuity like he is brown. He might have had a chance to learn something.

[–] human@slrpnk.net 27 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Right? Anyone else would be subjected to a detainment center for 10 months and then shipped to a country they have no connection to.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago

Or kidnapped and sent back to Haiti, which they sought asylum from.

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 17 points 5 days ago

I guess he gets sent to his home country (that won't murder him) because he's white.

If you are non-white, you get kidnapped and sent to your home country even if (or probably because) they will likely murder you, or if your home country may not murder you, maybe the destination gets swapped to a country that will imprison you in horrific circumstances even though you have zero ties to that country.

[–] MehBlah@lemmy.world 32 points 5 days ago

So he gets deported right away while others are kept in their cage and refused deportation.

[–] TwodogsFighting 13 points 5 days ago (1 children)

We don't want him back either. This is terrible news.

[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

They could do everyone a favor and drop him off the plane half way.

[–] mechoman444@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

Not sure what to think about this... On one hand good. On the other hand the system that deported him is the product of pure evil.

Then again watching them eat each other alive is amusing in its own right.

[–] HumanOnEarth@lemmy.ca 11 points 5 days ago

Oh he got the white glove treatment cause of his views. Damn.

Just more evidence of the malice behind the way regular people are treated.

[–] spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 8 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Unless he can get special treatment this asshole won't be able to re-enter the US for at least 5, and more likely 10 years. I'm guessing his promoters won't be willing to pay him if he's just another British asshole in Britain. I wonder what he'll end up doing for cash?

[–] daannii@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago (1 children)

He got special treatment.

Other people being kidnapped by ice sit in those concentration camps for months.

[–] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I'm not sure he's really comparable to the typical ICE case. Obviously if you're fighting the deportation, you'll be in the camps for months. But my understanding is that people in there are under constant pressure to sign paperwork agreeing to a rapid deportation. They get paperwork shoved in their face in a language they can't read and are told to sign it. ICE agents actively try and trick immigrants into signing away their rights, thus allowing their rapid deportation.

Ultimately, all this is being run by racists who want as many brown people out of the country as fast as possible. They don't just want to keep millions of brown people in cages for the fun of it; they want to deport millions of brown people. And as long as we're not in full "extermination camp" territory yet, achieving that goal means moving people through the system as fast as possible. Stephen Miller's aims are advanced by brown people sitting in plane seats, not brown people sitting in cages.

I remember a story from awhile back about a court case involving an immigrant that was voluntarily seeking deportation, but was still being held by ICE. But the article treated it as a surprising oddity. It was such a notable occurrence that it was the exception that proved the rule. As far as I know, generally, if you're willing to sign away your rights to appear in immigration court, you can get out of the system pretty quickly by opting for voluntary deportation. That's almost certainly what Milo did.

None of this to excuse any of ICE's crimes. But as I understand it, if detained immigrants are willing to sign away their rights to fight the deportation, they can move through the system fairly quickly. Again, it does the racists no good to prevent the people they hate from leaving.

[–] daannii@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

I think they are holding them for different reasons. They keep deporting planes full of people to different countries.

It's human trafficking.

[–] SpaceCowboy@lemmy.ca 2 points 4 days ago

I wonder what he’ll end up doing for cash?

Working for Nigel Farage, most likely.

[–] yonderbarn@lazysoci.al 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Every photo of this loser has him showcasing the most obnoxious sense of style.

[–] TeaWithDani@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

Have you seen his new heterosexual look?

[–] 6stringringer@lemmy.zip 3 points 4 days ago

Send him to Brunei already. And then boom, Bob’s yer uncle. No Mo Mi Lo.

[–] mHtt@lemmy.ca 8 points 5 days ago (2 children)

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

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 19 points 5 days ago (1 children)

That's where the rubes are.

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago

Valuable rubes. Stupid and rich.

[–] artyom@piefed.social 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] patruelis@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago

Oh fuck this guy. Such an asshole

[–] Zier@fedia.io 5 points 5 days ago
[–] quantumcrop@lemmy.today 4 points 5 days ago

I hope it's to either El Salvador or Uganda.

[–] silver_wings_of_morning@feddit.dk -2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Msybe ICE isn't such a bad thing after all

[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 3 points 5 days ago

Broken clock etc etc