• World’s most popular TikTok star Khaby Lame leaves the US after being detained by ICE

    Khaby Lame

    Khaby Lame, the world’s most popular TikTok personality with several million followers, has left the U.S. after being detained by immigration agents in Las Vegas.

    He was detained for allegedly overstaying his visa.

    The Senegalese-Italian social media influencer, whose legal name is Seringe Khabane Lame, was detained Friday at Harry Reid International Airport.

    He was allowed to leave the country without a deportation order, a spokesperson for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement confirmed in a statement.

    Lame arrived in the U.S. on April 30 and “overstayed the terms of his visa,” the ICE spokesperson said.

    His detainment and voluntary departure from the U.S. come amid President Donald Trump’s escalating crackdown on immigration, including raids in Los Angeles that sparked days of protests against ICE, as the president tests the bounds of his executive authority.

    The 25-year-old rose to international fame during the pandemic without ever saying a word in his videos, which would show him reacting to absurdly complicated “life hacks.” He has over 162 million followers on TikTok alone.

    The Senegal-born influencer moved to Italy when he was an infant with his working-class parents and has Italian citizenship.

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