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White House releases video games built around deportations and border wall

From The Punch · () English

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  • The White House unveiled games featuring migrant deportations, border-wall construction and Trump investment accounts for children.
  • Rights advocates said the games trivialised migrant suffering and reflected a lack of seriousness and humanity.
  • The release came as the Trump administration intensified arrests and deportations of undocumented migrants.

The White House has turned deportation and border-wall construction into arcade games, prompting rights groups to accuse the administration of making light of migrants’ suffering.

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

· White HouseThe White House used the slogan in an X video promoting the games.

The website, unveiled Thursday, features “Rio Run,” an updated version of Snake in which a digital Tom Homan, the US border czar, chases migrants of different skin colours near the Rio Grande. Another game, based on Tetris, is called “Build the Wall.” Its instructions tell players to “Protect the border from the coming horde.”

A third game involves collecting nets to place in so-called Trump accounts, investment accounts containing a $1,000 deposit for children born between 2025 and 2028. The White House promoted the games on X with a video using a “Make America Great Again” logo modelled on the logo of video-game maker Sega. “CAN’T STOP WINNING. Build the wall. Deport. Fill a Trump Account,” the post said.

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 gaming website in a statement to AFP.

The administration told AFP that the games were intended to present the president’s accomplishments in a form that would resonate with Americans. It described the effort as a contrast between a culture of fun and winning and what it called the Democrats’ dark socialist vision for America.

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 criticised the games’ treatment of deportation.

Rights advocates condemned the release. Amerika Garcia Grewal of the Frontera Federation 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.” Adriana Jasso of AMIGOS San Diego Community called the games evidence of a fundamental “lack of seriousness” as the administration pursues its pledge to expel millions of undocumented migrants.

The cruelty, the extremity of the administration… is no longer surprising.

· Adriana JassoThe AMIGOS San Diego Community coordinator criticised the administration’s messaging.
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Originally published by The Punch 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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