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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 ...
'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 ...
Indiana announces a ‘Speedway Slammer’ to house migrants and become the Hoosier state’s ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
Indiana is expanding a state prison by 1,000 beds to house migrants in what Trump officials are calling the ‘Speedway Slammer ...
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 ...
IMS owner asks Homeland Security to stop using IndyCar in 'Speedway Slammer' plans
IndyCar has asked Homeland Security to stop using Speedway in its branding for an ICE detention center in Indiana.
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’ ...
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Coffee with Crawford | "Speedway Slammer" hits a wall with IndyCar brass
To promote the plan, DHS posted a digitally generated image of an IndyCar plastered with ICE logos, zooming in front of a ...
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 ...