Moussa Diawara deported from the United States after being accused of making false claims about his homosexuality

Moussa Diawara, a 57-year-old Malian national who arrived in the United States in 2001, was deported after spending 25 years in the country. A CBS News report broadcast on October 25, 2026, said he was married and had two children in Texas, while Fox News reported obtaining his 2009 asylum application, in which he said he was gay and feared persecution in Mali. ICE accuses him of claiming a gay identity to obtain asylum and avoid deportation, but being married to a woman and having children does not by itself prove that he lied. The article says he had overstayed his tourist visa.