By Elizabeth Wolfe, Eduardo Cuevas, CNN
(CNN) — Controversial British figure Milo Yiannopoulos, who gained a reputation as a right-wing provocateur more than a decade ago, has been detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, according to ICE’s online detainee locator.
Yiannopoulos was in custody as of Friday afternoon, according to the agency’s locator. He is being held at a facility in Louisiana, Fox News and CBS News reported, citing sources.
Yiannopoulos is known as a conservative firebrand. Among other public statements and appearances, he attracted considerable public attention after embarking on a bus tour of US college campuses he branded the “Dangerous F*ggot” bus tour, which he said was intended to promote free speech and bring his perspective to universities where he believed liberal ideas may dominate the campus conversation. His disparaging remarks about Muslims, transgender people and others drew outrage from many who argued the racist and hateful language was an attempt to stroke tensions on campus and should not be platformed by colleges and universities.
CNN has reached out to the Department of Homeland Security for additional information.
His appearances on some campuses drew loud protests. While many demonstrations were peaceful, Yiannopoulos’ visit to University of California, Berkeley in February 2017 resulted in the school canceling the event after a large protest became violent and destructive and two Republican students were attacked, the university said at the time.
Yiannopoulos has voiced support of immigration enforcement as recently as last year. In a post on X, he called for ICE checkpoints in California supermarkets and other common areas and “on the spot deportation for anyone who can’t prove they are in the US legally.”
His rise to prominence coincided with President Donald Trump’s entry to the White House, and Yiannopoulos had positioned himself as one of the president’s avid supporters, sometimes referring to Trump as “Daddy.”
This is a developing story and will be updated.
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CNN’s Michael Williams contributed to this report.
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