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[^2]\n\nTwo specific games, 'Build The Wall' and 'Rio Run', were created to stage President Trump's policies against irregular immigration and border security. [^3]\n\nBuild the Wall, a game based on Tetris, instructs players to 'protect the border from the approaching horde.' [^4]\n\nRio 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]\n\nThe game 'Rio Run' tasks players as Border Patrol agents moving along the Rio Grande to pick up immigrants and deport them. [^6]\n\nThe 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]\n\nThe new games include 'Build The Wall,' where players position blocks to block creatures from crossing a border. [^8]\n\nThe 'Arcade' collection includes games like 'Build The Wall' and 'Rio Run,' which focus on border security and immigration. [^9]\n\nThe game 'Build The Wall' tasks users with constructing a wall at the border to protect against an approaching horde. [^10]\n\nThe 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]\n\nThe games in the 'Arcade' section are designed to address central themes of the US government's political agenda. 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