The Department of Homeland Security is reportedly considering participating in a “out-of-the-box” tone to participate in a TV show that will allow immigrants to compete for U.S. citizenship.
Department spokesman Tricia McLaughlin described the New York Times show as a "celebration of becoming an American" and said the show will include challenges based on American tradition.
"We need to restore patriotism and civic duty in this country and we are happy to review the course that is out of the box. This course has not been approved or rejected by employees," McLaughlin said in a statement.
News of the project surfaced, with Donald Trump himself a massive immigration crackdown by former reality TV star Donald Trump that has sent undocumented immigrants as well as legal permanent residents, refugees and those who have temporary status and court cases heard have been reasonably permanent residents. In some cases, U.S. citizen children have been deported along with undocumented parents.
The effort to deport is the Secretary of Homeland Security is Kristi Noem, former South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem, who has made sharp criticisms for her “paid TV” style approach to immigration enforcement. Shortly after Noem was sworn in, Noem appeared in tactical equipment to ride in an immigrant agent.
She also headed to El Salvador, where she trained carefully, wearing a $50,000 Rolex watch, and she posed in a notorious prison that hundreds of people who were deported by the Trump administration were deported.
The idea for the reality show was introduced by Canadian-born producer and writer Rob Worsoff, who worked for Duck Dynasty, a reality TV show about a Louisiana hunting family that was popular among Trump supporters.
In an interview, Wosov told The New York Times that the proposal stems from his own experience as a U.S. citizen in the process of naturalization. He said that one of the challenges might focus on NASA when describing the project to see which participant could assemble and launch the rocket first.
The Wall Street Journal reviewed a 36-page slide deck and raised Wosov's idea, saying he once again cast a vote on the department during the Obama administration and the Biden administration.
His proposal includes an hour-long episode, from immigrant voyages to Ellis Island, which once was a key entry point for millions of people to reach the United States, the Wall Street Journal reported. Other challenges also require the Golden Roaming Competition in San Francisco and the Automatic Component Competition in Detroit.
The show will be sworn in with a sworn in U.S. citizens.
“This is not the Hunger Game for Immigration,” Wosov told the Journal, stressing that losing contestants will not face deportation. "It's not: 'Hey, if you lose, we'll get you out of the boat.'"
The idea was first reported by the Daily Mail, although the department strongly refuted Neum’s awareness of the stadium in a statement.
McLaughlin said the department receives hundreds of pitches on potential TV shows each year, including documentaries about immigration and border security enforcement actions and white-collar investigations.
“Each proposal goes through a thorough review process before it is rejected or approved,” she said.