Monday, June 9, 2025 - TikTok superstar, Khaby Lame has voluntarily departed the United States after he was detained by ICE.
An ICE spokesperson revealed in a statement to Mail Online
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.
Khaby, whose full name is Seringe Khabane Lame was granted
voluntary departure and has now left the country.
'U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detained Seringe
Khabane Lame, 25, a citizen of Italy, June 6, at the Harry Reid
International Airport, Las Vegas, Nevada for immigration
violations. Lame entered the United States April 30 and overstayed the terms of
his visa. Lame was granted voluntary departure June 6 and has since departed
the U.S.'
Since taking power in January, US President Donald Trump has
carried out a mass deportation of illegal citizens in the US.
ICE has been conducting raids nearly since day one of Trump
taking back control of the White House. There have been hundreds of thousands
of arrests and deportations of those in the U.S. illegally since then.
Khaby, who posts posts under the name @khaby. lame, moved
from Senegal to Chivasso, close to Turin in Italy aged one. He officially
became an Italian citizen in 2022.
He currently has 162.2million followers on
TikTok.
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