DHS Responds to Immigrant Games Rumors; SCOTUS Blocks Trump's Alien Enemies Act Deportation Plan
Crossroads with Joshua Philipp
The Epoch Times
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🗓️ 20 May 2025
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
There are allegations that the Trump administration is collaborating on a new reality TV show where immigrants compete for a prize of U.S. citizenship. And the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has now responded. In other news, the U.S. Supreme Court has effectively blocked part of Trump’s plans for mass deportations under the Alien Enemies Act. The case is being sent back to a lower court, and could open the door for illegal immigrants facing deportation to challenge the orders.
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| 0:00.0 | It's being alleged that the Trump administration is collaborating on a new reality TV show |
| 0:05.3 | where immigrants compete for a prize of U.S. citizenship. The DHS has now responded to these reports. |
| 0:12.8 | In other news, President Trump just got handed a moderate defeat by the U.S. Supreme Court |
| 0:16.9 | on his use of the Alien Enemies Act for mass deportations. And also, former President Joe Biden |
| 0:23.5 | has been diagnosed with an aggressive form of prostate cancer. I'm the Epic Times Senior |
| 0:29.2 | investigative reporter Joshua Phillip, and this is Crossroads. |
| 0:48.4 | It's being alleged the Trump administration is working with a production company to make a reality TV show where immigrants compete for the prize of U.S. citizenship. |
| 0:54.5 | Now, when it comes to this, in terms of what the general narrative going around is, the is reporting DHS secretary Kristy Knoem is considering this reality TV show |
| 0:59.6 | and that it has been pitched to the agency the premise is this |
| 1:02.7 | pitting immigrants against each other for a chance at US citizenship now |
| 1:07.2 | here's more on the proposed show according to Daily Mail they say it may like a joke, but the idea is for real and is outlined in a 35-page program |
| 1:16.8 | pitch put together in coordination with the DHS secretary, DailyMail.com, can exclusively reveal. |
| 1:25.4 | It's not fully true. I'll explain in a minute. But they say this. |
| 1:30.1 | They say Nome is even offering up officials from the U.S. citizenship and immigration services |
| 1:35.4 | to tally votes for the made-for-TV contest. And it says the proposed series is called the |
| 1:41.2 | American, named after the train that contestants would be riding |
| 1:44.5 | around the country competing in a regionally specific cultural contests such as rolling logs |
| 1:51.2 | in Wisconsin. It would lead to a grand finale with the winner getting sworn in on the steps of the |
| 1:56.5 | U.S. Capitol. So is this true? Are they really going to make a TV show where we get to watch |
| 2:02.5 | would-be immigrants compete for American citizenship? Well, look, not really. Yes, yes and no, |
| 2:08.7 | but not really. What's the truth of this? Well, there is, in fact, a production company that's |
| 2:14.6 | looking to make the reality TV show they're describing here. |
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