


The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) appeared to delete a video featuring internet personality Theo Von from its social media page after the podcast host objected to being included in the post without his consent.
In the video, posted Tuesday, Von was seen looking into the camera and saying, “I heard you got deported, dude. Bye.”
The short clip then shows footage of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials detaining and deporting immigrants who are in the country illegally and telling others to “leave now.”
Von, seen as an ally of the Trump administration, publicly pushed back on his inclusion in the footage, insisting his own position on immigration is more nuanced than what was presented by the department.
“Yooo DHS i didnt approve to be used in this,” Von wrote in a social media post responding to the video. “I know you know my address so send a check. And please take this down and please keep me out of your ‘banger’ deportation videos.”
“When it comes to immigration my thoughts and heart are alot more nuanced than this video allows,” he continued. “Bye!”
In a subsequent post, the comedian suggested he feared for his own safety.
“[It’s] crazy to me that they would think this is OK. What if someone attacks me tomorrow because they think I’m some final boss of [deportations] or somethin,” Von wrote on the social platform X.
Fellow conservative podcaster Tim Pool shared Von’s concern.
“Theo is right,” Pool wrote. “Anti DHS and Pro illegal immigrant individuals might attack him. DHS should not have put his comment about deportations in their video because he could be killed.”
The DHS did not respond to an immediate request for comment.