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Agence France-Presse

<p>US President Donald Trump&#39;s White House on Thursday unveiled a website featuring classic arcade games -- but with a &quot;MAGA&quot; twist, in which players can deport migrants and build a border wall.</p><p>Rights groups swiftly criticized the release of the online games, which comes as the Trump administration steps up its mass arrest and deportation program for undocumented migrants.</p><p>One game called Rio Run -- an updated version of the game Snake -- features a digital version of US border czar Tom Homan chasing migrants with different skin colors next to the Rio Grande river on the Mexican border.</p><p>Another game based on the block-stacking game Tetris is called Build the Wall. &quot;Protect the border from the coming horde,&quot; the instructions say.</p><p>A third involves collecting nets to put in so-called &quot;Trump accounts&quot; -- investment accounts containing a $1,000 deposit for children born in 2025 through 2028.</p><div class="twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered" style="display: flex; max-width: 550px; width: 100%; margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><iframe id="twitter-widget-0" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="true" style="position: static; visibility: visible; width: 421px; height: 551px; display: block; flex-grow: 1;" title="X Post" src="https://platform.twitter.com/embed/Tweet.html?dnt=false&embedId=twitter-widget-0&features=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%3D%3D&frame=false&hideCard=false&hideThread=false&id=2095615734567100766&lang=en&origin=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com%2F%23%2Fworkspace%2Fmonitoring%3Fitem%3Durn%3Anewsml%3Aod2-workbench-api.abs-cbn.com%3A2026-09-04T02%3A00%3A47.252705%3A8a399508-d61b-4d91-832e-e2466be07585%26action%3Dedit&sessionId=c8fb30726cad04524ad4c8a4054ac86cec2c2cf1&theme=light&widgetsVersion=6a3ad42b224df%3A1778106238597&width=550px" data-tweet-id="2095615734567100766"></iframe></div><script async="" src="https://platform.x.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><p>The White House account on X posted a video with the &quot;Make America Great Again&quot; logo MAGA, based on the logo of video game maker Sega.</p><p>&quot;CAN&#39;T STOP WINNING. Build the wall. Deport. Fill a Trump Account,&quot; it says.</p><p>&quot;This administration is laser focused on ways to innovate and tell the story of the President&#39;s many accomplishments in a way that resonates with every American,&quot; the White House said in a statement to AFP.</p><p>&quot;This is an effort to further contrast between a culture of fun and winning and the dark socialist vision Democrats have for America.&quot;</p><p>Rights groups criticized the White House for the gaming website.</p><p>&quot;Makes me sick. They&#39;ve been playing games with people&#39;s lives for years, now they&#39;ve made a video game of what they&#39;re doing,&quot; Amerika Garcia Grewal, co-director of the Frontera Federation in Eagle Pass, Texas, told AFP.</p><p>The game designers &quot;have lost touch with what it means to be human and care for others.&quot;</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2026/8/27/us-issues-global-pause-for-immigration-visa-appointments-0809">US issues global pause for immigration visa appointments</a></div><p>Adriana Jasso, program coordinator for AMIGOS San Diego Community, who works at the border, said the arcade-style games showed a fundamental &quot;lack of seriousness&quot; from the administration.</p><p>&quot;The cruelty, the extremity of the administration... is no longer surprising,&quot; she said.</p><p>The White House seems intent on dehumanizing and ridiculing migrants, even as people die in detention centers, she said.</p><p>&quot;This presents the issue as if it were a game, when in fact it is not.&quot;</p><p>Trump campaigned on a promise to expel millions of undocumented migrants and has taken several actions since returning to power aimed at speeding up deportations and reducing border crossings.</p><p>His White House meanwhile has long used social media stunts to ram home its points and troll liberal opponents, and has sparked a backlash from several artists by using their music without permission.</p><div><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2026/8/27/ph-embassy-urges-filipinos-to-seek-legal-advice-amid-us-visa-review-1053">PH Embassy urges Filipinos to seek legal advice amid US visa review</a><br><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2026/7/13/protected-but-deported-anyway-as-trump-goes-after-dreamers-1014">Protected but deported anyway, as Trump goes after &#39;dreamers&#39;&nbsp;</a><br><a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/news/world/2026/8/27/filipino-nurse-detained-by-ice-in-arizona-family-appeals-for-community-support-1800">Filipino nurse detained by ICE in Arizona; family appeals for support </a></div>

<p>US President Donald Trump's White House on Thursday unveiled a website featuring classic arcade games -- but with a "MAGA" twist, in which players can deport migrants and build a border wall. </p>

US President Donald Trump's White House on Thursday unveiled a website featuring classic arcade games -- but with a "MAGA" twist, in which players can deport migrants and build a border wall.

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Trump's White House releases deportation video games

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Published September 04, 2026 09:03 AM PHT

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