On Tuesday, the Trump administration unveiled another disturbing nickname for an immigrant detention facility — this time in Indiana.
“If you are in America illegally, you could find yourself in Indiana’s Speedway Slammer,” Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem wrote in a post on X.
DHS then shared an image of a race car adorned with ICE lettering and bearing a No. 5 label, which is the number for Pato O’Ward, the only Mexican driver in the IndyCar series.
Both posts allude to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, which famously hosts the Indy 500 each year, and is located roughly 75 miles from a newly announced detention site.
They also come as MAGA voters have gleefully welcomed Republicans’ shocking moniker for the “Alligator Alcatraz” facility in the Everglades — and point to how Trump officials have used these names to make light of their cruel practices.
