Khaby Lame was detained by the agency on June 6 due to ‘immigration violations’
TikTok megastar Khaby Lame has reportedly left the United States voluntarily after he was detained by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
According to a report by dailymail.com, an ICE spokesperson revealed that Lame, an Italian citizen born in Senegal, was detained by the agency on June 6 due to ‘immigration violations’ after entering the U.S. on April 30.
‘U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained Seringe Khabane Lame, 25, a citizen of Italy, on June 6, at the Harry Reid International Airport, Las Vegas, Nevada, for immigration violations.
Lame entered the United States on April 30 and overstayed the terms of his visa. Lame was granted voluntary departure June 6 and has since departed the U.S.,” the spokesperson said.
Since the detention, he has managed to remain active on social media. On June 7, he posted a photo of what appeared to be Venice Beach to his Instagram Stories, and a video was also shared to his TikTok (the app states the post was uploaded ‘one day ago’).
Since taking power in January, US President Donald Trump has tightened immigration controls and carried out mass deportations across the United States.
ICE has been conducting raids since the day of President Trump’s swearing-in for his second term.
Since then, there have been hundreds of thousands of arrests and deportations of those in the U.S. illegally.
Over the weekend, ICE raids in Los Angeles sparked major protests.
Khaby, who posts under the name @khaby.lame and moved from Senegal to Chivasso, Italy and officially became an Italian citizen in 2022.
The social media sensation was working as a factory worker when he was made redundant in 2020 at the start of the pandemic.
He currently has 162.2 million followers on TikTok.
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