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DHS Is Considering Reality Show Where Immigrants Compete for Citizenship​

‘This isn’t ‘The Hunger Games’ for immigrants,’ says the producer behind the pitch​


🎁 —> https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy...7c?st=J15266&reflink=mobilewebshare_permalink

“… Department spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin said she had spoken to the producer of the proposed television reality show and that consideration of the idea was ongoing.

It is “in the very beginning stages of that vetting process,” she said, adding, “Each proposal undergoes a thorough vetting process prior to denial or approval.”

The pitch for the proposed citizenship-competition show comes from Rob Worsoff, a producer and writer whose credits include the “Duck Dynasty” reality show. Worsoff, who emigrated from Canada, told The Wall Street Journal that the show is meant to be hopeful and a celebration of what it means to be an American citizen.

“This isn’t ‘The Hunger Games’ for immigrants,” Worsoff said. Immigrants already in the system would compete in various contests including potentially on American history and science. Worsoff stressed that losing contestants wouldn’t face deportation. “This is not, ‘Hey, if you lose, we are shipping you out on a boat out of the country,’” he said. …”
 
nycfan said:
Can confirm.

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He is also threatening Bruce Springsteen:

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Isn't it comforting knowing that our president is laser focused on improving the lives of working and middle class families, unlike Sleepy Joe Biden ?

Remember when Sleepy Joe was mean tweeting about Kid Rock, Kanye West, and Ted Nugent ?
good times...
 
“If this was done by another country, we absolutely would call this corruption,” said Kristofer Harrison, a former high-level State Department official in the George W. Bush administration. “Because it is corruption.”

Indeed it is.
 
nycfan said:


DHS Is Considering Reality Show Where Immigrants Compete for Citizenship​

‘This isn’t ‘The Hunger Games’ for immigrants,’ says the producer behind the pitch​


🎁 —> https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy...7c?st=J15266&reflink=mobilewebshare_permalink

“… Department spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin said she had spoken to the producer of the proposed television reality show and that consideration of the idea was ongoing.

It is “in the very beginning stages of that vetting process,” she said, adding, “Each proposal undergoes a thorough vetting process prior to denial or approval.”

The pitch for the proposed citizenship-competition show comes from Rob Worsoff, a producer and writer whose credits include the “Duck Dynasty” reality show. Worsoff, who emigrated from Canada, told The Wall Street Journal that the show is meant to be hopeful and a celebration of what it means to be an American citizen.

“This isn’t ‘The Hunger Games’ for immigrants,” Worsoff said. Immigrants already in the system would compete in various contests including potentially on American history and science. Worsoff stressed that losing contestants wouldn’t face deportation. “This is not, ‘Hey, if you lose, we are shipping you out on a boat out of the country,’” he said. …”
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frustrated the hunger games GIF
 
@nycfan i can't decide which of the 3 abominations that you just posted about in this thread disgusts me more....

i think i'd go:
1a) migrant citizenship competition TV show
1b) hegseth's bullshit
2) kanye
 
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“… Jarred Dwayne Shaw, 34, a Dallas native who played for Utah State and Oklahoma State, was arrested on May 7 after police said he received a suspicious package from Thailand. After raiding his apartment in Cisauk, Tangerang Regency, police said they found 132 pieces of THC candies, which have been decriminalized in Thailand but are illegal in Indonesia. The 6-foot-11 power forward has played for the Indonesian Basketball League’s Tangerang Hawks since 2022. After Shaw’s arrest, the league announced he had been immediately fired from the Hawks and was banned for life from playing for any of its teams. However, the penalties could get much more serious if Shaw is convicted. Indonesia has incredibly strict drug laws, and it’s not uncommon for those charged with drug smuggling to receive life in prison or even the death penalty, often by firing squad.

Although the country has not carried out an execution since 2016, most of the people currently on death row in Indonesia—locals and foreigners alike—are there on drug-related crimes. Shaw was last seen when authorities presented him to the press on May 14, though he did not speak.…”
 
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I can tell from looking at the photo in the linked news article the extent to which Israel has gone to avoid civilian casualties. The part of Gaza in the photo looks barely touched. Kudos to the Israelis for their relentless efforts to avoid damaging civilian buildings and killing or wounding civilians!
 
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