About 70 miles north of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, home of the Indianapolis 500, a new immigration detention center got a noteworthy and controversial name.
“The Speedway Slammer’’ is what the Trump administration is calling it.
“COMING SOON to Indiana: The Speedway Slammer,’’ Kristi Noem, Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, wrote on her X account Aug. 5. “Today, we’re announcing a new partnership with the state of Indiana to expand detention bed space by 1,000 beds.’’
In her post, Noem also thanked Indiana governor Michael Braun “for his partnership to help remove the worst of the worst out of our country. If you are in America illegally, you could find yourself in Indiana’s Speedway Slammer. Avoid arrest and self deport now using the @CBP.’’
Homeland Security also issued the image of an Indy car emblazoned with the letters ICE – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement – and No. 5, which belongs to NTT IndyCar Series driver Pato O'Ward, the only Mexican in the Indy 500 and the series this year.
