Illegal Migrant Turned Influencer Deported

A Venezuelan illegal migrant who went viral on TikTok after he posted videos of himself telling other illegal migrants, has been deported by the Trump administration.

According to Fox News, Leonel Moreno, 26, told his followers that they need to “invade” American homes, invoke squatters’ rights, and noted that he planned to start a business selling abandoned houses for profit.

“He has been deported,” the Trump administration announced on X Friday.

Fox News further reported in other videos posted onto his TikTok account, which has since been shut down, Moreno mocked American taxpayers and migrants who work while holding an infant.

“I didn’t cross the Rio Grande to work like a slave,” Moreno said. “I came to the U.S. to mark my territory.”

Moreno was also bragging he was making money from entitlement payments since entering the U.S. illegally in 2022, while earning a reported $1,000 per week for his TikTok account.

“You’re hurt because I make more than you without much work while you work like slaves, understand?” Moreno said. “That’s the difference between you and me. I’m always going to make lots of money without much work, and you’re always going to be exploited and miserable and insignificant.”

Moreno’s viral videos, however, earned the attention of ICE, who arrested him last year in Ohio. Moreno reportedly spent months in custody after the Venezuelan government refused to accept deportation flights after a federal judge ordered his removal.