Homeland Security Is Open to 'Out-of-the-Box Pitches' – Like a Reality Show Where Contestants Compete for Citizenship

The Department of Homeland Security is open to "out-of-the-box" TV show pitches, including a widely reported one about immigrants competing for citizenship, but the agency says that project is not in development right now. The pitch in question comes from "Duck Dynasty" producer Rob Worsoff, who has proposed a reality competition series about a group of prospective immigrants who are taken to Ellis Island via boat and are greeted there by the show's host, pitched as a famous naturalized American like Sofia Vergara or Ryan Reynolds. Each episode would follow the show's contestants . . .