The Department of Homeland Security is considering a reality show where immigrants compete for citizenship.

That's a real headline.

It's not a joke.

Let's take a closer look.

I'm Jenna.

And this is Smarter News.

Usually, I'll read an article and then I'm going to summarize it for you, give you some of the key points.

But today I think it would be helpful to just read from an article from the Wall Street Journal

because when I first saw this story, I actually wondered if it was real.

And if I saw it in a different outlet, I might have just shrugged it off as a

joke. But considering it was in the Wall Street Journal, and this is a headline, DHS is considering

reality show where immigrants compete for citizenship. I thought, we've got to take a closer look at

this. So let me just read the first paragraph. The Department of Homeland Security is considering

being part of a television show

in which immigrants would compete for potential U.S. citizenship. An idea the producer pitched

as far back as the Obama administration. Let me keep reading. Department spokeswoman

Trisha McLaughlin said she had spoken to the producer of the

proposed television reality show, and that consideration of the idea was ongoing. It is,

quote, in the very beginning stages of that vetting process, she said, adding, each proposal

undergoes a thorough vetting process prior to denial or approval. Should we keep going?

Let's keep going. 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 immigrated

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