The most often tiktokeur in the world, Khaby’s lame of Senegalia-Talia, was briefly arrested by the United States Immigration Police (ICE) that authorized his “voluntary departure” of the United States, after exceeding the period of validity of his visa, the authorities announced on Saturday.
“The American immigration and customs authorities arrested (…) Khabane Lame, 25, Italian citizen, on June 6, at the Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas (Nevada) for violation of immigration laws,” said the agency in a statement transmitted to AFP.
Khaby Lame entered the United States on April 30 and “exceeded the validity of his visa,” added the ICE press release.
Number one to the world of the Tiktok application, where it has 162.2 million subscribers, the Italian influencer of Senegalese origin “received a voluntary game on June 6 and since then has left the United States.”
On Saturday afternoon, Khaby Lame had not yet published an article about the incident.
UNICEF ambassador
Since his return to power in January, President Donald Trump has made his campaign promises by strengthening immigration controls and carrying out a massive expulsion campaign in the United States, some aspects of which they have been played in the United States.
Khaby Lame, called UNICEF ambassador at the end of January, was known for his brief silent videos that make fun of tutorials and the convoluted advice that abound on the Internet. He scores his videos with a characteristic gesture, the palms fired to heaven, accompanied by an accomplice smile and big eyes, offering his own simple remedies.
The idea of its content occurred to him when he walked in the city of HLM, where his family lived in Chivo, near Turin, after losing his job as a factory mechanic in March 2020.
His publications have taken off and allowed him to generate significant income. For example, he won around $ 16.5 million thanks to association contracts with companies between June 2022 and September 2023, according to Forbes.
Source: BFM TV
