Mousa Diwara overstayed a tourist visa and claimed refugee status that barred him from being sent back to Mali.
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REAL AF with Andy FrisellaOct 28, 2026
Multiple sources confirm that Moussa Diawara (spelled Diawara in most reports) came to the US on a tourist visa at 32, overstayed it, applied for refugee protection, and obtained a 2012 immigration judge order barring his removal to Mali.
What was said
… So this segment aired just this past Monday, and it nowhere in the segment did it ever discuss why an illegal immigrant from Mali was deported to a third country. Mousa Diwara, a married father of two, was deported to Ghana back in July, more than a decade after he overstayed a tourist visa and claimed refugee status that barred him from being sent back to his home country of Mali. Here is a little snippet of the 60-minute painting the picture. Grab a glass of wine, guys, lower the lights, turn on some sad violin music in the back. Here you go. Back in Texas, Diawara's family is waiting for him. …
REAL AF with Andy Frisella · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Supports. CBS News reports Diawara came to the US on a tourist visa at 32, overstayed it, and later applied for refugee protection arguing he would be persecuted in Mali.[1]
Supports. CBS News reports a US immigration judge in 2012 ruled Diawara could not be deported to Mali, which is the bar on removal the claim describes.[1]
Supports. The Washington Examiner and AOL/Trump-admin coverage both state that Diawara overstayed a tourist visa, claimed asylum or refugee status, and was barred from being returned to Mali by a judge's ruling.[2][3]
Context. The Trump administration and DHS dispute the reason Diawara gave for his asylum claim, saying it was based on claiming to be gay, but no source disputes the overstay, the refugee claim, or the Mali removal bar.[2][3][4]
Context. The claim's spelling 'Diwara' differs from the 'Diawara' or 'Diawara' used in the sources, a minor variant that does not change the referent.[1][2]
Sources
4 sources: 1 tier 2, 2 not rated, 1 rated low
- 1Texas dad deported by ICE to Ghana was then forced to go ...cbsnews.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports, context
- 2Trump admin slams CBS for leaving out 'absurd bit of fraud ...aol.co.uk · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 3Trump admin goes after 60 Minutes for deportation case ...washingtonexaminer.com · not rated · cited for: supports, context
- 4DHS Says CBS Omitted Asylum Fraud Claim in Report on Deported Mali Manthebeltwayreport.com · rated low for factual reporting by Iffy.news · cited for: context
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- Musa Diawara overstayed a tourist visa by more than a decade before his deportation.True
- Mousa Diwara, an illegal immigrant from Mali, was deported to Ghana in July.True
- Mousa Dawari claimed to be a homosexual man who feared prosecution in Mali in his asylum application.True
- The Trump administration deported Musa Diawara to Ghana in July 2026.True
- The individual had a final order of deportation since November 2025.True