A former Brazilian beauty queen was deported from the United States after customs agents deemed she was a threat to the country’s national security.
Francielly Ouriques was connecting at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago on April 10 for a flight to California to attend the 2025 Coachella festival when she was intercepted by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents.
In a video posted on social media earlier this week, Ouriques said that she was escorted to a room for a secondary inspection and underwent questioning.
She revealed that one of the reasons that led to her removal was that she was carrying luggage for a friend.
While searching through her purse, customs agents found four tablets of Tramal – a severe pain medication – that is considered illegal in the United States.
‘I didn’t know. If I had I known, I would never have it in my purse,’ Ouriques said.
Ouriques explained that she spent five hours in a room with other foreign travelers who were pulled to the side as CBP agents inspected her smart phone before finally ruling that her tourist visa would be revoked.
‘They claimed that I was suspected of illegal job in the United States and that I was an threat to the country,’ she said.
Brazilian influencer and three-time beauty queen Francielly Ouriques had her visa revoked and was deported from the United States on April 10 after U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents pulled her over at O’Hare International Airport in Chicago, where she was connecting to a flight to California to attend the Coachella festival
Festivalgoers attend the 2025 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, California, on April 12
Ouriques revealed that she had visited the United States in 2024 with a former boyfriend and that they had spoken about opening a business together.
The agents, Ouriques said, discovered messages from her month-long stay and her conversations with a company regarding her visa status.
‘So my access was denied in the United States, and my visa was going to be canceled,’ she said.
Ouriques said she was holed up inside a freezing, three-square-foot cell for 15 hours and was only given a bottle of water and box meal.
‘[I was] treated like a bandit, complete humiliation,’ she said.
Ouriques was transported in a CBP vehicle to a United Airlines terminal for her return flight to Brazil and was not handed her passport until the flight landed.
The model approached Brazil’s Federal Police for counsel on how to deal with the deportation, but she was told that it was out of their jurisdiction.
‘So, since by law we have no voice and I felt completely unprotected, vulnerable, very scared and now totally traumatized, ‘ Ouriques said.
Francielly Ouriques flashes her Brazilian passport with her revoked United States tourist visa. The influencer said U.S. Customs and Border agents deported her because she was carrying another person’s luggage, was in possession of medicine that is banned in the U.S., and had a conversation in her smart phone, which they deemed made her a threat to the country’s security
Brazilian influencer and model Francielly Ouriques warned fellow foreign travelers to be extra cautious when visiting the United States
‘I decided to share this here so that you too can be careful when going to this country and if you can, don’t even go,’ she added.
Ouriques is unsure whether she will attempt to travel to the United States in the distant future.
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesperson told DailyMail.com on Friday that Ouriques was denied entry because she was not honest in her reason for traveling to the United States.
‘She was inadmissible based on statements made during her interview that were not consistent with the purpose of her visa/stated purpose for visiting the U.S,’ the official said. ‘For this reason, she was denied entry into the U.S. and was deported.’
Some of Ouriques’ followers expressed joy in her deportation after she celebrated President Donald Trump’s return to the White House.
‘I remember when you posted celebrating the victory of the splendid Donald Trump hahaha,’ one person commented.
‘But didn’t you celebrate Trump’s victory, woman?’ another wrote.
‘Here’s Donald Trump’s reception,’ a third added. ‘You celebrated his victory so much.’
