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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 by AI on 2026-10-28, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

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As of October 31, 2026, ICE and the Trump administration have criticized a recent "60 Minutes" segment on CBS News for portraying Moussa Diawara as a sympathetic figure after he was deported from Texas to Ghana. Diawara, a Malian national who overstayed his tourist visa, married an American woman and had two children in Houston. ICE claims that Diawara lied about being gay on immigration documents to avoid deportation back to Mali. Despite this, "60 Minutes" focused on the emotional aspect of his family separation without mentioning his alleged asylum fraud.

According to DHS officials, they informed CBS News weeks before airing the segment about Diawara's previous claims of homosexuality in an attempt to secure asylum. However, CBS maintains that its editors were not briefed on this information prior to the broadcast. The controversy highlights tensions between media portrayal and immigration enforcement narratives.

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“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

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