World’s biggest TikTok star Khaby Lame leaves US after Ice agents detain him over visa
by Ashifa Kassam from US news | The Guardian on (#6XXCB)
Italian-Senegalese influencer with 162m followers is swept up in Donald Trump's migration crackdown
The world's most followed TikToker, Khaby Lame, has left the US after being briefly detained by immigration agents for allegedly overstaying his visa. The Italian-Senegalese influencer is now one of the most high-profile people to be swept up in Donald Trump's crackdown on immigration.
The social media star, whose legal name is Seringe Khabane Lame, was detained last Friday at an airport in Las Vegas. He was released the same day and has since left the US, a spokesperson for US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) told the Guardian in a statement.
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