The White House Made an Arcade Game Out of Deporting People
Published by YuToday Staff
46 minutes ago · 2:26 readSeptember 4, 2026
As of September 3, the official White House website features a page titled “arcade,” where users can play games like Rio Run, in which the player—a pixelated, white, and balding Border Patrol agent—collects “border crossers” and adds them… Sophie Hurwitz first reported the story. This YuToday briefing gathers the confirmed facts, what changed, and what to watch next.
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What we know so far
As of September 3, the official White House website features a page titled “arcade,” where users can play games like Rio Run, in which the player—a pixelated, white, and balding Border Patrol agent—collects “border crossers” and adds them to a line of orange-jumpsuited figures trailing behind him.  It’s a retro-cutesy version of the nightmarish and […] As of September 3, the official White House website features a page titled “arcade,” where users can play games like Rio Run, in which the player—a pixelated, white, and balding Border Patrol agent—collects “border crossers” and adds them to a line of orange-jumpsuited figures trailing behind him.  It’s a retro-cutesy version of the nightmarish and […]
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Reported context includes the following: As of September 3, the official White House website features a page titled “arcade,” where users can play games like Rio Run, in which the player—a pixelated, white, and balding Border Patrol agent—collects “border crossers” and adds them to a line of orange-jumpsuited figures trailing behind him.  It’s a retro-cutesy version of the nightmarish and […] As of September 3, the official White House website features a page titled “arcade,” where users can play games like Rio Run, in which the player—a pixelated, white, and balding Border Patrol agent—collects “border crossers” and adds them to a line of orange-jumpsuited figures trailing behind him.  It’s a retro-cutesy version of the nightmarish and […]
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As of September 3, the official White House website features a page titled “arcade,” where users can play games like Rio Run, in which the player—a pixelated, white, and balding Border Patrol agent—collects “border crossers” and adds them… Sophie Hurwitz first reported the story. This YuToday briefing gathers the confirmed facts, what changed, and what to watch next.
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