‘Migrant Influencer’ Who Urged Illegals to Invade US Homes Deported to Venezuela

The brazen “migrant influencer” who infamously flashed around wads of US government cash handouts and encouraged other illegal border crossers to squat in American homes has finally been deported back to Venezuela — after causing uproar on the flight back.

Leonel Moreno, who encouraged illegal migrants to “invade abandoned houses” in sick TikToks, was sent back to the narco state this week, after President Trump resumed deportation flights to the country.

Venezuela’s Minister of Interior, Justice and Peace, Diosdado Cabello, said Moreno was “welcome” back, however, the freeloading migrant caused disruptions on the flight and upset his fellow passengers.

The firebrand TikTokker had to be placed in his own section of the plane with extra security to calm tensions.

It is unclear why Moreno caused a disruption or what he was doing.

After he stepped off the deportation flight, he flashed a thumbs up and received a pat on the shoulder from a security official escorting him off the plane.

Moreno crossed the Texas border illegally in April 2022 and was quickly released into the US.

The Venezuelan border crosser, however, failed to appear for his required check-ins with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), leading the feds to arrest him in Gahanna, Ohio, in March 2024.

An immigration judge ordered Moreno’s deportation last October, but Venezuela refused to accept any deportation flights at the time.

Once President Trump returned to the White House and commenced his mass deportation campaign, Venezuela began allowing the US deportation flights to land again.

Moreno was moved to an ICE detention center in Conroe, Texas, on Feb. 26 to prepare for his deportation.

Moreno caused outrage while living in the US illegally for his viral TikTok videos, where he bragged about the handouts migrants could receive from the US government and encouraged other Venezuelan migrants to “invade abandoned houses.”

“I didn’t cross the Rio Grande to work like a slave,” Moreno said in one clip while waving around $100 bills.

Moreno also said he used his 1-year-old baby, a US citizen, to boost his social media presence and boasted that he and his wife didn’t pay anything for their daughter’s birth thanks to “Papa Biden.”

ICE was also looking into Moreno’s alleged service as a sergeant of the Venezuelan general directorate of military intelligence, sources previously told The Post. He was also being probed for posting videos on social media trying out different firearms a gun store.

The Venezuelan migrant later testified that he was a rank-and-file member of the Venezuelan navy, according to sources.

While in jail, Moreno spoke to The Post and wailed about being a victim of unjust “persecution.”

“I came here to the United States because of persecution in my country … But they’re doing the same thing to me in the United States — persecuting me,” Moreno moaned.

“It’s all misinformation in the media about me. They’re defaming me. They’re misrepresenting me in the news … I am a good father, a good husband, a good son, a good person, humble, respectful to people who respect me,” he added.