Department Of Homeland Security Deletes Video Promoting Deportation Statistics After Being Called Out By Theo Von

Took it down.

Yesterday, comedian and podcaster Theo Von took issue with a video posted by the Department of Homeland Security that featured a clip of him in it.

The video, posted yesterday by DHS, starts with a viral video of Theo that he recorded for somebody’s friend who got deported:

“Heard you got deported. Bye.”

It then goes on to tout the administration’s deportation numbers, including 2 million people deported in 250 days. But Theo wants no part of it.

Taking to social media, the comedian asked DHS to “send a check” and take the video down, saying that his thoughts on immigration are “more nuanced” than the video would imply:

“Yooo DHS i didnt approve to be used in this. 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. Bye!”

And in a follow-up tweet, Theo expressed concern about backlash from people angry about deportations who might see the video and associate him with the actions of the Trump administration:

“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 deportatins or somethin”

(Ironically, his tweet came just hours before a crazed anti-ICE lunatic shot two immigrants at a detention center in Texas).

Theo supported the president during the 2024 election, even having Trump on a (hilarious) episode of his This Past Weekend podcast. Theo also attended Trump’s inauguration, and a few months ago he joined the president on a surprise trip to Qatar to meet with troops, with Trump crediting his son Barron with introducing him to the podcaster:

“In fact my son Barron said, ‘Dad, you gotta do an interview with’ somebody I hadn’t heard of. But my son knew very well, he knows everyone. He said, ‘Dad,’ this is before the election, you know we won in a landslide, in case you hadn’t known. 

But he said, ‘Dad, you gotta do an interview with a guy named Theo Von.’ I said, ‘Who the hell is Theo Von?’ He said, ‘Dad he’s such a big guy, you gotta do an interview.’ So he knew all the names, I didn’t know the names.”

And apparently, the administration decided they didn’t want any beef with one of the president’s supporters.

After Theo’s tweet, the Department of Homeland Security removed the video from their social media:

Obviously one of the big priorities for President Donald Trump in his second term has been securing the border and cracking down on illegal immigration. The president acted immediately to close the border with Mexico to keep illegal immigrants from entering the United States, and has aggressively deployed the Department of Homeland Security and Immigration and Customs Enforcement to remove illegal immigrants who are already in our country.

Naturally, this has upset quite a few people on the left. While Trump and border czar Tom Homan have said the focus is on getting illegal immigrants with criminal records, they’ve also declared that anyone in the country illegally is subject to deportation, leading to a lot of hysteria and accusations of racism from Democrats (along with quite a few ACTUALLY racist “but who’s going to pick our crops?” comments too).

But the Trump administration has stood firm, and it doesn’t seem like they plan on slowing down their immigration enforcement any time soon – they just won’t be using Theo Von to promote their efforts.The post Department Of Homeland Security Deletes Video Promoting Deportation Statistics After Being Called Out By Theo Von first appeared on Whiskey Riff.