McLaughlin said the pitch had not yet reached the level of #DHS Secy #KristiNoem. She said on social media on Thursday that the department “receives hundreds of television show pitches a year,” including for documentaries about border operations & white-collar investigations [but this is what they’re considering green-lighting]. “Each proposal undergoes a *thorough vetting* process prior to denial or approval,” McLaughlin said.

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She said #DHS was happy to review “out-of-the-box pitches,” particularly those that celebrate “what it means to be an American.”

The project was reported earlier by The Daily Mail. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14713113/DHS-Secretary-Kristi-Noem-reality-TV-immigrants-compete-US-citizenship.html

Worsoff told WSJ the show was not intended to be punitive. https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/dhs-is-considering-reality-show-where-immigrants-compete-for-citizenship-47de277c?mod=author_content_page_1_pos_1

“This isn’t ‘The Hunger Games’ for immigrants,”Worsoff said, adding, “This is not, ‘Hey, if you lose, we are shipping you out on a boat out of the country.’”[sure, right.]

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McLaughlin said #DHS was still reviewing the idea, which she spoke about several weeks ago with a producer named Rob Worsoff.

“The pitch generally was a celebration of being an American & what a privilege it is to be able to be a citizen of the United States of America,” she said. “It’s important to revive civic duty.”🤯

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