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‘60 Minutes’ knew deported Texas dad with wife claimed he was gay on immigration docs — but still ran story: DHS

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Nava, V., & Steigrad, A. (2026, October 28). ‘60 Minutes’ knew deported Texas dad with wife claimed he was gay on immigration docs — but still ran story: DHS. New York Post. https://nypost.com/2026/10/27/us-news/60-minutes-knew-deported-texas-dad-with-wife-claimed-he-was-gay-on-immigration-documents-but-still-ran-story-dhs/

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A Department of Homeland Security official reported that “60 Minutes” knew two weeks prior to airing their segment about Moussa Diawara, a married father who was deported from Texas, that he claimed to be gay on immigration documents to avoid deportation. Despite this knowledge, the program portrayed Diawara as fearing persecution if returned to Mali due to his conversion to Christianity, omitting details of his earlier fraudulent claims about sexuality. DHS General Counsel James Percival highlighted the discrepancy by pointing out Diawara’s original asylum application that cited fear of being gay in Mali.

Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-28, using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the same event (that is the story summary below).

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Story summary

As of October 28, 2026, ICE and the Trump administration criticized a 60 Minutes segment on CBS News for portraying Moussa Diawara, a Malian immigrant, as a sympathetic figure despite his alleged immigration fraud. Diawara, who entered the US in 2001 with a tourist visa that he overstayed, married an American woman and had two children. He was deported from Texas to Ghana in July after being barred from returning to Mali due to fears of persecution based on his claimed homosexuality, even though he is married. ICE obtained Diawara’s 2009 asylum application, which stated he feared for his life if returned to Mali because of his sexual orientation. Despite this information, 60 Minutes aired a segment focusing on the emotional toll of Diawara's deportation on his family without mentioning the alleged fraudulent claims about being gay. DHS General Counsel James Percival accused CBS News of omitting crucial details that revealed Diawara’s potential fraud.

Written for “ICE Criticizes Sixty Minutes Deportation Story” on 2026-10-28, grounded in this article and the 4 other(s) covering the same event.

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🔮 “60 Minutes” instead reported that Diawara insisted he couldn’t be sent back to Mali because he converted to Christianity and feared he would be religiously persecuted in the Muslim-majority country.

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🔮 DHS noted Diawara was granted his final order of removal by a judge in 2012 and reiterated that the Malian national claimed on an asylum application that “he would be persecuted for his homosexuality if he was returned to his home country — despite being married to a woman he has two children with.”

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Claims (11 extracted, 3 hedged)

“60 Minutes” was aware that the married father of two it profiled on Sunday claimed he was gay on immigration documents in an apparent effort to avoid being deported, according to a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official. uncertain

he → profile → official

The CBS News program was informed of the seemingly fraudulent claims the deported migrant, Moussa Diawara, made about his sexuality on an asylum application a full two weeks before the segment aired, a DHS spokesperson told The Post Tuesday. uncertain

spokesperson → inform → Post

But the program made no mention of Diawara, who is married to a woman, invoking his alleged homosexuality in the documents from 2012 as a means to block deportation to his native Mali over discrimination concerns. asserted

who → make → concerns

“60 Minutes” instead reported that Diawara insisted he couldn’t be sent back to Mali because he converted to Christianity and feared he would be religiously persecuted in the Muslim-majority country. asserted

he → report → country

A rep for the show did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment Tuesday. asserted

rep → respond → comment

Diawara was deported to Ghana in July, more than a decade after he overstayed a tourist visa and claimed refugee status that barred him from being sent back to Mali. asserted

that → deport → Mali

After the segment aired, DHS General Counsel James Percival revealed in an X post that he pulled Diawara’s immigration file and discovered “his claimed reason for fearing Mali was that he is ‘gay,’ just in case you’re wondering how bad the immigration fraud problem is.” asserted

problem → air → case

On his asylum application, obtained by Fox News, Diawara — who has a wife and is described as a “Texas dad” by CBS News — rejoiced that “since I came to the USA I had the possibilities to express my feelings to men without any embarrassment [and] no reserve.” asserted

I → obtain → embarrassment

“Although I was born as a boy, but things appeared differently for me as I was already having female behaviors and feelings,” he wrote. asserted

he → bear → behaviors

In the segment, Diawara alleged that within days of arriving in Ghana, authorities in the West African country forced him on a flight to Mali. asserted

authorities → allege → Mali

He has since fled Mali and is living in an undisclosed country, according to “60 Minutes.” uncertain

He → flee → Minutes

‘60 Minutes’ knew deported Texas dad with wife claimed he was gay on immigration docs — but still ran story: DHS

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