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DHS replaces 'Speedway Slammer' post. Here's how Indy car was changed
The Department of Homeland Security has taken down its post of a seemingly AI-generated IndyCar used to promote its immigrant ...
After pushback from IndyCar, social media post from Department of Homeland Security touting 'Speedway Slammer' taken down
The deletion came after DHS initially pushed back against IndyCar’s protestations. In a statement on Aug. 6, DHS said in a ...
INDYCAR, Pato O'Ward respond to ICE-related 'Speedway Slammer' nickname for Miami Correctional Facility
The Miami Correctional Facility, approximately 70 miles north of downtown Indianapolis, is making 1,000 beds available to ICE ...
'Deepens Indiana's complicity': Immigrant rights groups criticize 'Speedway Slammer' plans
The Trump Administration is effectively eliminating due process for Hoosier immigrants as a practical matter,' opponents of ...
Trump border czar reacts after Indy 500 track boss demands end to ‘Speedway Slammer’ moniker for new migrant detention center
Penske Entertainment said it preferred that its ‘IP not be utilized moving forward in relation to this matter’ ...
Controversy builds around proposed 'Speedway Slammer'
Kelley Mack, an American TV actress who appeared in AMC’s “The Walking Dead,” “9-1-1” and “Chicago Med,” died on Aug. 2. She ...
Pato O'Ward surprised by use of No. 5 IndyCar image in DHS's 'Speedway Slammer' tweet
"Definitely caught me off guard," driver Pato O'Ward says of the use of an IndyCar image with a No. 5 in the announcement of ...