IndyCar pushed again on latest Division of Homeland Safety (DHS) use of racing imagery in connection with a state partnership to deal with detained migrants in Indiana.
“We have been unaware of plans to include our imagery as a part of yesterday’s announcement. In line with our method to public coverage and political points, we’re speaking our choice that our [intellectual property] not be utilized shifting ahead in relation to this matter,” IndyCar mentioned in an emailed assertion to The Hill on Wednesday.
In a submit Tuesday on the social platform X, the DHS posted a graphic depicting a automobile resembling these utilized in IndyCar racing, branded with the initials for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), subsequent to a jail. The Hill reached out to the DHS for remark.
The division introduced Tuesday it had signed one other state partnership to deal with migrants in Indiana. It comes after Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” and can improve ICE house to detain migrants.
The additional mattress house, dubbed the “Speedway Slammer” in reference to Indiana racetracks, is in an current jail positioned about 65 miles north of Indianapolis.
“COMING SOON to Indiana: The Speedway Slammer. As we speak, we’re asserting a brand new partnership with the state of Indiana to increase detention mattress house by 1,000 beds,” Homeland Safety Secretary Kristi Noem mentioned in a press release.
“Because of [GOP] Governor [Mike] Braun for his partnership to assist take away the worst of the worst out of our nation. If you’re in America illegally, you may end up in Indiana’s Speedway Slammer. Keep away from arrest and self deport now utilizing the CBP House App.”