DHS Is Considering A Reality Show Where Immigrants Compete For Citizenship

The Department of Homeland Security is mulling implicit a world tv amusement successful which immigrants would vie for U.S. citizenship.

The Daily Mail reported connected Thursday that Rob Worsoff, a Canadian-born writer, shaper and director, pitched the show, titled “The American,” and that DHS Secretary Kristi Noem is a instrumentality of the concept.

DHS spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin told HuffPost connected Thursday that the amusement is successful the “very opening stages” of the department’s vetting process and has not been approved oregon denied. However, McLaughlin said it was “completely false” that Noem had immoderate cognition of oregon engagement successful the show.

“Secretary Noem has not ‘backed’ oregon adjacent reviewed the transportation of immoderate scripted oregon world show. The Department of Homeland Security receives hundreds of tv amusement pitches a year, ranging from documentaries surrounding ICE and CBP borderline cognition to achromatic collar investigations by HSI,” McLaughlin said successful a statement. “Each connection undergoes a thorough vetting process anterior to denial oregon approval.”

Worsoff has worked connected a assortment of world shows, including “Duck Dynasty,” “The Millionaire Matchmaker” and “Dating Naked.”

The Daily Mail said the transportation proposes that 12 contestants would get by boat, specifically dubbed “The Citizen Ship,” astatine Ellis Island successful New York City earlier traveling crossed the U.S. by bid and competing successful assorted challenges, which could see rolling logs successful Wisconsin oregon collecting golden successful a San Francisco mine.

“Along the way, we volition beryllium reminded what it means to beryllium American – done the eyes of the radical who privation it most,” Worsoff’s transportation said, according to The Daily Mail.

The outlet said that the victor of the bid would beryllium sworn successful by a famed justice oregon person successful beforehand of the Capitol building. There would besides beryllium additional, absurdly American prizes, specified arsenic 1 cardinal American Airlines points, a $10,000 Starbucks Gift Card oregon a beingness proviso of 76 gasoline.

Those who suffer would inactive beryllium capable to use for U.S. citizenship done the accepted route.

“I’m not affiliated with immoderate governmental ideology. As an migrant myself, I americium simply trying to marque a amusement that celebrates the migration process, observe what it means to beryllium American and person a nationalist speech astir what it means to beryllium American, done the eyes of the radical who privation it most,” Worsoff said, according to the Daily Mail.

HuffPost has not reviewed the pitch.

The quality comes a time aft Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) called retired Noem, disparaged by her critics arsenic “Cosplay Kristi” and “ICE Barbie,” for her evident costume changes and staged photograph ops during ICE raids and DHS assignments.

“Whatever got you here, Secretary Noem, I’m gladsome you recovered clip among your galore photograph ops and costume changes to attest astir wherefore President Trump is seeking much payer dollars, and what you program to bash with that wealth if you get it,” Thompson said astatine the House Homeland Security Committee Wednesday.

Worsoff did not instantly respond to HuffPost’s petition for comment.

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