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No, Homeland Security Has Not Backed a Reality Show Awarding U.S. Citizenship — But It Could Still Happen
No, Homeland Security has not backed a reality show awarding U.S. citizenship just yet — but it could still happen.
“Fake News Friday,” the DHS announced in a press release, where it said it “torches latest media hoax.” The department said the Daily Mail’s story was “false,” in particular its report that Secretary Kristi Noem had “backed” the reality television show pitch by producer Rob Worsoff(pictured above), whose credits include “All or Nothing: Toronto Maple Leafs,” “Alpha Dogs,” “Duck Dynasty” and “The Millionaire Matchmaker.” “DHS receives hundreds of television show pitches a year, ranging from documentaries surrounding ICE and CBP border operations to white collar investigations by HSI. But in the New York Times, McLaughlin seemed a bit more open to the idea than her press release would have you believe: “The pitch generally was a celebration of being an American and what a privilege it is to be able to be a citizen of the United States of America,” she told the paper.
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