Was Khaby Lame deported? Circumstances of his departure from the US explored as man claims he reported the TikToker to Homeland Security

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A MAGA supporter is going viral for bragging about being the one to trigger ICE in picking up Khaby Lame.

In a new video going online, Bo Loudon, 18, who catapulted to fame after claiming to be Barron Trump's "best friend," speaks to Sean Kelly on Digital Social Hour about Khaby Lame. In the conversation available on Kelly's verified Instagram, Loudon says:

“I had some buddies who worked closely with him [Lame]. They were all telling me that there were several red flags with this guy.” He went on, “I just flagged it to a buddy of mine in the administration at Homeland Security,” he said of Khaby's expired visa, adding, “Next thing you know, they gave him until June 1 to self-deport, but he didn’t do that.”

The TikToker was detained last month by ICE, and he was eventually forced to depart the country. The Root has reported that he was detained at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas. As per a report in NBC News around the time, US immigration officials issued a statement noting that they made the Italian Senegalese creator leave because he:

“overstayed the terms of his visa.”

Everything we know about Khaby's departure from the US

As reported by The Root, on June 6, right after ICE apprehended Lame, 25, Loudon slammed the content creator in an X post. He wrote:

“Meet far-left TikTok star ‘Khaby Lame.’ He’s an ILLEGAL ALIEN! I’ve been working with the patriots at President Trump’s DHS to make this happen. He was just ARRESTED in Vegas and is in ICE CUSTODY!”

In a follow-up tweet, he said,

“We have a celebrity that’s using his celebrity status to break our laws. We can’t do that.”

However, per NBC News, Lame had been given “voluntary departure" following his detention. Lame, who entered the US on April 30, is now barred from entering the country for up to a decade as a result of the voluntary departure, though the deportation status will not make it to his immigration record.

Lame is most known for seldom saying a word in his videos. He was catapulted to fame during the pandemic, when he began making videos ridiculing some absurd "life hacks." He would often tag his videos with #learnfromkhaby. He has since raked in over 162 million followers on TikTok alone.


According to NBC News, Khaby Lame developed the massive following on social media amidst the pandemic following his lay-off as a factory worker in Italy. He is a UNICEF goodwill ambassador, too.

Edited by Vinayak Chakravorty