A prominent right-wing provocateur who cheered mass deportations has been detained by the same agency he championed, a turn many of his critics see as poetic justice.

• Milo Yiannopoulos was picked up at the New Orleans airport and is being held for deportation to the UK.
• Homeland Security says he entered legally in 2019, overstayed his visa for years, skipped his immigration hearing, and got a removal order in July.
• Laura Loomer claims credit for reporting him after he criticized Israel, raising the question of whether critics of Israel face extra scrutiny in immigration enforcement.
• The case is different from the campus protest arrests, where courts found no actual lawbreaking — here there is a clear visa violation and a missed court date.
• Yiannopoulos had publicly called for ICE checkpoints at supermarkets and the deportation of millions.

Outlook: He is likely to be deported to the UK unless his lawyers mount a successful defense, and Loomer is now pushing for an investigation into Marjorie Taylor Greene for once employing him.