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Trump White House releases deportation-themed video games

From CNA · () English

Translated from English and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • The White House launched a website featuring games based on deporting migrants, building a border wall and funding Trump investment accounts.
  • Rights groups said the games trivialize migrant suffering and reflect a lack of seriousness and humanity as the administration expands deportations.
  • The release followed President Donald Trump’s campaign promise to expel millions of undocumented migrants and his administration’s efforts to speed deportations and reduce border crossings.

The Trump White House has turned its immigration agenda into an arcade-style game. A new website invites users to chase migrants, build a border wall and fill child investment accounts under a “Make America Great Again” banner.

CAN’T STOP WINNING. Build the wall. Deport. Fill a Trump Account.

· White HouseThe White House posted the slogan on X while promoting the gaming website.

One game, Rio Run, updates Snake with a digital version of border czar Tom Homan pursuing migrants of different skin colors beside the Rio Grande. Another, Build the Wall, borrows from Tetris and tells players to “Protect the border from the coming horde.” A third game involves collecting nets to place in so-called Trump accounts, investment accounts with a $1,000 deposit for children born between 2025 and 2028.

The White House promoted the release on X with the message, “CAN’T STOP WINNING. Build the wall. Deport. Fill a Trump Account.” In a statement to AFP, the administration said the games were designed to present the president’s accomplishments in a way that resonated with Americans and to contrast what it called a culture of fun and winning with Democrats’ “dark socialist vision.”

This administration is laser focused on ways to innovate and tell the story of the President's many accomplishments in a way that resonates with every American.

· White HouseThe administration explained the purpose of the games in a statement to AFP.

Rights groups condemned the website. Amerika Garcia Grewal of the Frontera Federation in Eagle Pass, Texas, said, “Makes me sick. They’ve been playing games with people’s lives for years, now they’ve made a video game of what they’re doing.” She said the designers had lost touch with what it meant to be human and care for others.

Makes me sick. They've been playing games with people's lives for years, now they've made a video game of what they're doing.

· Amerika Garcia GrewalThe Frontera Federation co-director criticized the website’s treatment of migrants.

Adriana Jasso of AMIGOS San Diego Community called the games evidence of a fundamental “lack of seriousness” from the administration. She said the White House appeared intent on dehumanizing and ridiculing migrants even as people die in detention centers. Trump campaigned on expelling millions of undocumented migrants, and his administration has taken steps since returning to power to accelerate deportations and reduce border crossings.

lack of seriousness

· Adriana JassoThe AMIGOS San Diego Community coordinator described what the arcade-style games showed about the administration.
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Originally published by CNA in English. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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