The news is all over the place and the internet is burning up with outrage. You see, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is planning a game show where illegal immigrants will battle it out to win citizenship, and the winner would be sworn in on the steps of the U.S. Capitol. Daily Mail was the first to bring this dubious story to the public (“ICE Barbie Kristi Noem is backing insane reality TV show where immigrants compete for fast-tracked citizenship” but a sample of headlines at this hour shows that numerous other outlets are running with it as well:
There’s only one problem with this “bombshell,” according to DHS. In a statement titled “FAKE NEWS FRIDAY,” they torch the report and call it complete horsebunk:
…Assistant DHS Secretary Tricia McLaughlin slammed the [Daily Mail] report as “fake news” and called it “an affront…