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White House Launches Video Game Challenging Players to Deport as Many Migrants as Possible

From Le Figaro · () French

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

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  • The White House published a retro-style game modeled on “Snake” in which players guide a character representing immigration adviser Tom Homan to expel migrants toward Mexico.
  • A second game asks players to build a wall along the Mexican border using a format inspired by “Tetris.”
  • Frontera Federation co-director Amérika García Grewal condemned the games, while the White House said they reflected a contrast between a culture of fun and competition and Democrats’ “dark socialist vision” for America.

The White House has turned a mass-deportation policy into an arcade-style game. Players guide a character representing Tom Homan, President Donald Trump’s top immigration adviser, and collect migrants who have crossed the Rio Grande so they can be expelled toward Mexico.

The game uses retro graphics and draws on “Snake,” the classic arcade format. The White House posted it on the official executive branch website on Thursday, alongside another game based on “Tetris.” In that version, players build a wall along the Mexican border, a project closely associated with Trump.

This makes me sick. They have played with people’s lives for years, and now they are making a video game out of their actions.

· Amérika García GrewalThe Frontera Federation co-director condemned the White House deportation game.

The games have drawn condemnation from Amérika García Grewal, co-director of the Texas-based Frontera Federation. “This makes me sick. They have played with people’s lives for years, and now they are making a video game out of their actions,” she told AFP. She later said, “Those who designed this game have lost sight of what it means to be human and to care about other people.”

Those who designed this game have lost sight of what it means to be human and to care about other people.

· Amérika García GrewalShe criticized the game’s treatment of migrants as entertainment.

The White House defended the initiative in a statement sent to AFP, saying it “further highlights the contrast between a culture of fun and winning and the Democrats’ dark socialist vision for America.” Other games on the White House website focus on Washington monuments, school meals and bank accounts created for children.

The games appeared after the Department of Homeland Security released a video showing shackled Haitian immigrants being expelled following Washington’s removal of a status that had allowed them to remain legally in the United States. Opponents of Trump called the musical montage degrading and racist. DHS said it arrested a record number of nearly 51,000 undocumented immigrants in August. The mass-deportation policy is among the few areas where Trump’s Republican administration is following the course he set, while Americans have judged his economic and diplomatic record harshly ahead of important legislative elections in November.

Further highlights the contrast between a culture of fun and winning and the Democrats’ dark socialist vision for America.

· White HouseThe administration defended the game in a statement sent to AFP.
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Originally published by Le Figaro in French. 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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