The agency spokesman Tricia McLaughlin said the challenge will be based on a variety of American traditions and customs. She said the department is still reviewing the idea, which was marketed by a producer named Rob Worsoff.
“The stadium is usually a celebration of becoming an American, a privilege to become an American citizen,” McLaughlin said. “It is important to restore civic obligations.”
She said the agency would be happy to review “out-of-the-box tone,” especially those celebrating “what means being an American.”
The project was reported earlier by the Daily Mail.
Worsoff, a 49-year-old Canadian American, said he first came up with the idea during his naturalization process. He said immigration on the show will face challenges in various states. One challenge, he said, could be highlighting NASA in Texas or Florida and seeing which immigrants can assemble and launch rockets first. Wosov said the show will also have trivia or civic challenges. The show will be sworn in as a U.S. citizen. “We need to think of the pride and honor of being an American.”
No one will be punished during the immigration process and will not be deported, Wosov said.
“I think this is nonsense because we are going to learn about these people, their stories and their journey, and we are celebrating them as human beings,” he said. “We are going toward these people, the faces on the journey.”
Worsoff said the actual details of what will happen in the show depend on what the TV network wants and what the DHS can do. He said he had previously submitted the idea to the agency, including in 2012.
Under Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, the agency often focuses on propaganda and reality television strategies to demonstrate President Donald Trump’s tough immigration policies.
