Tricia McLaughlin, assistant secretary for public affairs at the Department of Homeland Security, told Newsmax Wednesday that a new Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility in Indiana, dubbed the “Speedway Slammer,” will help turbocharge the agency’s illegal immigrant arrest numbers.
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem announced the facility would be “coming soon” as the newest ICE detention center in a post on X on Tuesday. The site in Indiana will reportedly be at the state’s existing Miami Correctional Facility at the Grissom Joint Air Reserve Base, which is about an hour north of Indianapolis and its legendary motor speedway.
“Like ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ [in the Florida Everglades], the ‘Speedway Slammer’ is going to get up and running very quickly,” McLaughlin said on “Wake Up America.” “We’ve been working with Gov. [Mike] Braun and his team – they’ve been fantastic to work with – and we’ve been able to expand this to 1,000 beds. And that’s in large part thanks to that big, beautiful bill that President [Donald] Trump, Secretary Noem, and Congress helped get across the finish line.
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