Right-wing commentator Milo Yiannopoulos detained by ICE

Image source, Getty ImagesBySakshi Venkatraman British political commentator Milo Yiannopoulos, a vocal supporter of US President Donald Trump, was apparently detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), according to the agency's records.

Yiannopoulos, 41, a former editor of the right-wing US website Breitbart and employee of rapper Kanye West, appears to be held in Louisiana, according to a search of ICE's inmate registry.

The self-styled provocateur has called himself the "most fabulous supervillain on the internet". His critics call him a purveyor of hate speech.

Neither ICE nor Yiannopoulos have responded to the BBC's request for comment, but his name and British origins appear in a search of detainees nationwide.