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White House launches arcade games simulating migrant deportations; human rights groups criticize

White House launched arcade games letting players deport migrants and build a border wall, drawing criticism.

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The White House launched a website on 2026-09-04 featuring classic arcade video games that let players deport migrants and build a border wall. [1] The White House launched a new arcade website on Thursday featuring five games promoting President Donald Trump's agenda. [2] Two specific games, 'Build The Wall' and 'Rio Run', were created to stage President Trump's policies against irregular immigration and border security. [3] Build the Wall, a game based on Tetris, instructs players to 'protect the border from the approaching horde.' [4] Rio Run, a remake of the game Snake, shows a digital version of US border chief Tom Homan chasing migrants of different skin colors along the Rio Grande at the US-Mexico border. [5] The game 'Rio Run' tasks players as Border Patrol agents moving along the Rio Grande to pick up immigrants and deport them. [6] The game 'Supply Line' requires players to sort school lunch foods to align with President Donald Trump's 'Make America Healthy Again' movement by removing items with seed oils and additives. [7] The new games include 'Build The Wall,' where players position blocks to block creatures from crossing a border. [8] The 'Arcade' collection includes games like 'Build The Wall' and 'Rio Run,' which focus on border security and immigration. [9] The game 'Build The Wall' tasks users with constructing a wall at the border to protect against an approaching horde. [10] The game 'Rio Run' functions like the mobile game Snake, where a border agent collects figures representing migrants who then form a line behind him. [11] The games in the 'Arcade' section are designed to address central themes of the US government's political agenda. [12]
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  1. The White House launched a website on 2026-09-04 featuring classic arcade video games that let players deport migrants and build a border wall. · AD.nlNetherlands
  2. The White House launched a new arcade website on Thursday featuring five games promoting President Donald Trump's agenda. · The Independent
  3. Two specific games, 'Build The Wall' and 'Rio Run', were created to stage President Trump's policies against irregular immigration and border security. · DER STANDARD
  4. Build the Wall, a game based on Tetris, instructs players to 'protect the border from the approaching horde.' · AD.nlNetherlands
  5. Rio Run, a remake of the game Snake, shows a digital version of US border chief Tom Homan chasing migrants of different skin colors along the Rio Grande at the US-Mexico border. · AD.nlNetherlands
  6. The game 'Rio Run' tasks players as Border Patrol agents moving along the Rio Grande to pick up immigrants and deport them. · The Independent
  7. The game 'Supply Line' requires players to sort school lunch foods to align with President Donald Trump's 'Make America Healthy Again' movement by removing items with seed oils and additives. · The Independent
  8. The new games include 'Build The Wall,' where players position blocks to block creatures from crossing a border. · The Independent
  9. The 'Arcade' collection includes games like 'Build The Wall' and 'Rio Run,' which focus on border security and immigration. · DIE ZEIT
  10. The game 'Build The Wall' tasks users with constructing a wall at the border to protect against an approaching horde. · DIE ZEIT
  11. The game 'Rio Run' functions like the mobile game Snake, where a border agent collects figures representing migrants who then form a line behind him. · DIE ZEIT
  12. The games in the 'Arcade' section are designed to address central themes of the US government's political agenda. · DER STANDARD
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