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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 ...
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 pushes back on Department of Homeland Security's AI-generated imagery for 'Speedway Slammer'
IndyCar officials have made efforts to distance themselves from a social media post by the Department of Homeland Security, ...
Where is Indiana's 'Alligator Alcatraz'? About the prison Kristi Noem called 'Speedway Slammer'
The image, which appears to have been created with AI, shows the prison in the background. In the foreground is a track with a race car with "ICE" on the side. Here's what happened.Start ...
Kristi Noem announces 'Speedway Slammer' to be Indiana's version of 'Alligator Alcatraz'
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem announced that the administration had dubbed Indiana's Miami Correctional Facility ...