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'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 ...

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 ...

'Speedway Slammer' is red state's answer to 'Alligator Alcatraz' detention facility

Governor Braun partners with Trump administration to create 1,000-bed immigration detention center at Miami Correctional ...

Pato O'Ward surprised by use of No. 5 IndyCar image in DHS's 'Speedway Slammer' tweet

"Definitely caught me off guard," driver Pato O'Ward says of the use of an IndyCar image with a No. 5 in the announcement of ...
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Expert: Trump administration likely ‘relishes’ controversy over ‘Speedway Slammer’ moniker

Top Trump administration officials boast that a new state partnership to expand immigrant detention in Indiana will create ...

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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Davich: Indiana's 'Speedway Slammer' is not only dehumanizing, it’s despicable

“If you are in America illegally, you could find yourself in Indiana’s Speedway Slammer,” DHS Secretary Kristi Noem trumpeted in a statement. It’s accompanied by the image of a race car speeding ...

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 ...