A MASSIVELY popular TikToker has been detained by ICE for reportedly overstaying his visa and was forced to leave the country.
Khaby Lame, — real name Seringe Khabane Lame — who has more than 162 million followers on TikTok, was detained by US Immigration and Customs Enforcement on June 6 at the Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas.
TikToker Khaby Lame was detained by ICE agents on June 6 at a Las Vegas airport[/caption]
Lame was allowed to voluntarily leave the US and return to Italy[/caption]
Lame’s Instagram Story appeared to show him in Brazil[/caption]
The same day, Lame was given voluntary departure, allowing him to avoid deportation proceedings.
Lame, who was born in Senegal, was able to return to Italy, where he is a citizen and has spent the majority of his life.
In a statement, ICE said Lame entered the US on April 30 and “overstayed the terms of his visa.”
Lame’s TikToks include several short, humorous clips with the hashtag #LearnFromKhaby, featuring Lame silently reacting to viral videos.
His most recent story on Instagram shows him with a group of friends with the geotag in Paulínia, São Paulo, Brazil.
The U.S. Sun has reached out to Lame’s reps and ICE for comment.
METEORIC RISE
At the time of writing, Lame is the most followed TikToker in the world.
“Before TikTok, I was working in a factory. I had a lot of different jobs,” he told People Magazine in 2024.
“I was helping support my family — three little brothers, one older brother, and my parents. Then my world changed completely. It’s a whole different life now.”
Lame said he discovered TikTok during the Covid-19 pandemic and began making videos for fun.
“It was a way for all of us to step outside of all the things that were going on in the world,” he said.
“I was just there trying to make people laugh. It wasn’t something that I expected to be my form of work in the future.”
Lame told the outlet that his first big purchase he made after his success was a bigger house for his family.
“We’re a family of seven. It’s a big family,” he said.
“I don’t like to spend a lot of money, but for this, my family has always done so much for me.”
IMMIGRATION CRACKDOWN
The news comes as President Donald Trump’s administration is cracking down on immigration.
Trump has promised to remove millions of immigrants without legal status as part of a mass deportation policy.
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