Overview

• On June 6, ICE officials at Harry Reid International Airport held Lame for overstaying the 30-day ESTA he obtained upon entering the US on April 30.
• ICE offered him a voluntary exit instead of formal deportation proceedings; he left the country the same day.
• The Senegalese-born Italian influencer, who commands 162 million TikTok followers, has since posted updates from Brazil.
• The incident has renewed scrutiny of President Donald Trump’s tightened enforcement of visa rules on overstays.
• Right-wing commentator Bo Loudon publicly denounced Lame as an “illegal alien” and “left-wing TikToker” following the detention.