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White House Launches Video Games Featuring Migrant Hunt

From Berlingske · () Danish

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

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  • The White House launched an arcade-style gaming website featuring games about deporting migrants and building a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.
  • One game depicts border official Tom Homan chasing migrants along the Rio Grande, while another uses a Tetris-style format for wall construction.
  • Migrant-rights organizations condemned the games as dehumanizing and cruel, while the White House said they promoted the administration’s achievements in a format aimed at Americans.

The White House has turned immigration policy into an arcade game. A new website launched Thursday lets players deport migrants, chase them along the Rio Grande and build a border wall.

The current administration is extremely focused on finding new ways to innovate and tell the story of the president’s many achievements in a way that appeals to all Americans.

· White HouseThe White House explained the purpose of the gaming website in comments to AFP.

One game, “Rio Run,” features a digital version of Tom Homan, the United States’ border chief, pursuing migrants near the boundary with Mexico. Another, “Build the Wall,” borrows from Tetris and instructs players to protect the border from an approaching “horde.”

The White House promoted the games on X with a video carrying the “Make America Great Again” logo, designed visually around the logo of video-game maker Sega. The administration told AFP that it was focused on finding new ways to innovate and present the president’s achievements in a way that appealed to all Americans.

This is an attempt to further create a contrast between a culture defined by fun and victories and the dark socialist view that Democrats have of the United States.

· White HouseThe White House described the political framing behind the games.

It also described the project as an attempt to contrast a culture of fun and victories with what it called the Democrats’ “dark socialist view” of the United States. Donald Trump campaigned on a promise to deport millions of undocumented migrants and has pursued measures intended to speed deportations and reduce border crossings.

I am disgusted by it. They have been playing with people’s lives for years, and now they have made a video game about what they do.

· America Garcia GrewalThe Frontera Federation director condemned the games.

Migrant and human-rights groups strongly criticized the games. America Garcia Grewal of the Frontera Federation said, “I am disgusted by it. They have been playing with people’s lives for years, and now they have made a video game about what they do.” Adriana Jasso of AMIGOS said the administration’s cruelty and extreme approach were no longer surprising, accusing it of dehumanizing and ridiculing migrants while people die in detention centers.

The administration’s cruelty, its extreme approach, is no longer surprising.

· Adriana JassoThe AMIGOS program coordinator criticized the White House’s treatment of migrants.
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Originally published by Berlingske in Danish. 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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