Critics Shred ‘Unbelievably Inhumanely Cruel’ Entertainment Idea Pitched To DHS | EUROtoday

A report that the Department of Homeland Security is contemplating a pitch for a actuality TV present — by which 12 immigrants would compete in opposition to one another in a number of duties in a bid to achieve U.S. citizenship — has drawn fierce blowback on social media.

Critics condemned the proposed present — which DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin informed HuffPost is just within the “very beginning stages” of being vetted by the division ― as “unbelievably inhumanely cruel,” “sick” and “macabre.”

“It’s Hunger Games for green cards, human struggle turned into entertainment for billionaires. Dystopian. Dehumanizing. Disgraceful,” wrote one critic on X, the Elon Musk-owned platform previously named Twitter.

“What the fuck kind of Hunger Games shit is this…” requested one other.

They added: “Remember when we were civilized… even helping humanity?”

Rob Worsoff, a Canadian-born producer and director, pitched the present, titled “The American,” per the Daily Mail.

McLaughlin described as “completely false” the report that DHS Secretary Kristi Noem knew something concerning the idea, saying she has “not ‘backed’ or even reviewed the pitch of any scripted or reality show.”

The pitch, although, performs into the broader criticism of Trump’s White House as a actuality present presidency. Trump himself, in fact, hosted the long-running actuality enterprise present “The Apprentice,” throughout which he as soon as mulled a season by which Black contestants would compete in opposition to white ones.

Fox Business host Lisa Kennedy Montgomery, in the meantime, throughout Trump’s first time period joked about placing an “American Ninja Warrior”-style impediment course on the southern border. Only immigrants who may full the course may enter the U.S., she urged.