# DHS warned '60 Minutes' about gay claim in deportation

> DHS told '60 Minutes' weeks before broadcast that deported Malian man claimed to be gay in asylum application.
- Title: DHS warned '60 Minutes' about gay claim in deportation
- Summary: DHS told '60 Minutes' weeks before broadcast that deported Malian man claimed to be gay in asylum application. DHS informed CBS News that Moussa Diawara, a…
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- Source: Fox News — https://foxnews.com/media/dhs-told-60-minutes-weeks-before-segment-aired-deported-malian-national-had-once-claimed-gay
- Author: Joseph Wulfsohn
- Published: 2026-10-28T00:00:00+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: dhs, 60 minutes, moussa diawara, asylum application, mali, deportation, gay claim, news, politics
## DHS warned '60 Minutes' about gay claim
DHS told CBS News weeks before the segment aired that Moussa Diawara claimed to be gay in his 2009 asylum application.

> moussa diawara claimed to be gay in his 2009 asylum application
## Diawara's asylum claim
Diawara wrote in his 2009 asylum application that he feared persecution as a gay man if returned to Mali.

> my asylum application is based upon ground of well-founded past persecution and an undisputable fear of life-threatening to my person if i were to return to my country mali
## 60 Minutes segment
The segment depicted Diawara as an anguished father deported to Africa with his family still in the U.S.

> the segment depicted the malian national as an anguished father who was deported to africa by the trump administration
## DHS email to CBS
DHS sent an email to CBS News on Oct. 6, nearly three weeks before the segment aired.

> the department of homeland security told cbs news about diawara having claimed to have been gay
## DHS General Counsel response
DHS General Counsel James Percival called Diawara the 'poster child for wrongful deportations' on social media.

> his claimed reason for fearing mali was that he is 'gay,' just in case you're wondering how bad the immigration fraud problem is
## Diawara's deportation
Diawara was deported by the Trump administration after overstaying his tourist visa and living in the U.S. for 25 years.

> the segment put a spotlight on diawara, who was living in the u.s. for 25 years without a criminal record
## Key takeaway

DHS informed CBS News that Moussa Diawara, a deported Malian national, claimed to be gay in his 2009 asylum application.