Contestants would interact in challenges corresponding to gold mining in California and making automobiles in Detroit
The US Division of Homeland Safety is contemplating being a part of a actuality TV present wherein migrants compete in opposition to one another for American citizenship, the company’s assistant secretary, Tricia McLaughlin, has stated.
In every episode, contestants would participate in American-themed challenges corresponding to digging for gold in California and assembling a automotive at a plant in Detroit, in response to the pitch, which has been seen by plenty of retailers. It will reportedly conclude with a city corridor assembly and a remaining vote to pick out the winner.
The concept for the collection, which has the working title ‘The American’, comes from Rob Worsoff, the producer behind actuality reveals corresponding to ‘The Millionaire Matchmaker’, ‘Duck Dynasty’, and ‘The Greatest Loser’.
The Each day Mail, which was one of many first retailers to report on the event on Thursday, claimed that DHS Secretary Kristi Noem has been pushing for the collection to be made.
McLaughlin denied the report in a submit on X on Friday, calling it “false” and “an affront to journalism.” Noem is just not “even conscious” of the fact TV present pitch, she insisted.
The DHS receives lots of of TV present proposals yearly and every of them “undergoes a radical vetting course of previous to denial or approval,” the assistant secretary stated. The pitch for ‘The American’ “has not obtained approval or denial by employees,” she added.
The pitch reportedly says: “contestants will signify a large demographic of ages, ethnicities, and abilities. We’ll be part of within the laughter, tears, frustration and pleasure – listening to their backstories – as we’re reminded of how wonderful it’s to be American, by the eyes of 12 fantastic individuals, who need nothing greater than to have what we have now – and what we regularly take with no consideration: the liberty, alternative and honor of what it means to be American.”
Worsoff, who immigrated to the US from Canada, instructed the Wall Road Journal on Friday that not one of the losers within the present can be penalized or face deportation. “This isn’t ‘The Starvation Video games’ for immigrants,” he stated.
In an interview with CNN, Worsoff famous that he first pitched the concept for the collection to the DHS through the administration of US President Barack Obama. He added that he just lately held three conferences with DHS officers concerning the present. “I really feel like we’re trending in a great way,” he stated.
