The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shut down a report that Secretary Kristi Noem backed a reality show in which immigrants would compete for United States citizenship under President Donald Trump's presidential administration in a statement on May 16.

President Donald Trump famously rehabilitated his image from being known as a businessman with a string of bankrupt projects behind him to that of a hard-to-impress tycoon through the medium of reality TV,

Kristi Noem reportedly wants the U.S. citizenship process to play out in front of the cameras. The Homeland Security secretary has been working with writer and producer Rob Worsoff to pitch a reality TV show—titled The American—where immigrants will compete in a string of challenges across the country “for the honor of fast-tracking their way to U.