TikTok superstar, Khaby Lame voluntarily leaves United States after getting detained by ICE amid Trump immigration crackdowns

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.