U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement under Donald Trump’s administration detained TikTok megastar Khaby Lame this week for allegedly overstaying his visa. Bo Loudon, a MAGA-aligned influencer who frequents Mar-a-Lago and appears on pro-Trump cable news shows, publicly boasted that he reported Lame to ICE, claiming the Italian-Senegalese creator was part of the “far left.”
Loudon posted a screenshot from an ICE database showing Lame, who has over 162 million followers on TikTok, in custody at the Henderson Detention Center. However, the record doesn’t pull up on ICE’s webpage which could indicate that ICE deleted the record.
According to a statement from ICE to Men’s Journal, Lame, known for his silent TikTok videos mocking overly complicated life hacks, was not arrested or charged