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groundloop

(13,226 posts)
Thu Aug 7, 2025, 11:28 AM Aug 7

DHS references Mexican IndyCar driver to promote 'Speedway Slammer' detention center

Source: The Guardian

IndyCar driver Pato O’Ward and series officials were shocked by a social media post from the Department of Homeland Security that touts plans for an immigration detention center in Indiana dubbed “Speedway Slammer.” It includes a car with the same number as that of O’Ward, the only Mexican driver in the series.

“It caught a lot of people off guard. Definitely caught me off guard,” O’Ward said Wednesday. “I was just a little bit shocked at the coincidences of that and, you know, of what it means ... I don’t think it made a lot of people proud, to say the least.”

The post on Tuesday included an AI-generated image of a IndyCar-style vehicle with O’Ward’s No 5 that has “ICE” stamped on it. In the image, the car is in front of a jail.

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A DHS spokesperson said it would not change the social media post. “An AI generated image of a car with ‘ICE’ on the side does not violate anyone’s intellectual property rights. Any suggestion to the contrary is absurd,” the spokesperson said in statement. “DHS will continue promoting the ‘Speedway Slammer’ as a comprehensive and collaborative approach to combatting illegal immigration.”

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/aug/07/dhs-references-mexican-indycar-driver-to-promote-speedway-slammer-detention-center

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FalloutShelter

(13,727 posts)
1. These MF'n ghouls are really cute with their
Thu Aug 7, 2025, 11:38 AM
Aug 7

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Wonder Why

(6,111 posts)
3. Cool! How about?
Thu Aug 7, 2025, 12:42 PM
Aug 7

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