Independent: 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’

… On Tuesday, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem wrote on X: “COMING SOON to Indiana: The Speedway Slammer. Today, we’re announcing a new partnership with the state of Indiana to expand detention bed space by 1,000 beds. Thanks to @GovBraun 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 Home App.”/

On Wednesday, Penske Entertainment, the owner of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, said the company did not want its intellectual property used alongside the detention center.

“We were unaware of plans to incorporate our imagery as part of the announcement,” the company told IndyStar in a statement. “Consistent with our approach to public policy and political issues, we are communicating our preference that our IP not be utilized moving forward in relation to this matter.”

https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/tom-homan-speedway-slammer-indy-500-b2803213.html

2paragraphs: Kristi Noem Ends Age Limit for ICE Recruits After Reportedly Receiving 80,000 Applications

President Trump‘s domestic policy bill included $165 billion in appropriations for the Department of Homeland Security. According to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem, a portion of the funds will help “to arrest and deport criminal illegal aliens” in the United States.

Noem, who said in June that she plans to hire 10,000 new ICE agents, last week issued a recruitment campaign on social media featuring photos of her wearing an ICE vest and President Trump saluting.

Today, the DHS announced in a press release: “In less than one week since DHS launched its recruitment campaign, more than 80,000 Americans applied to join ICE.”

It also revealed that Noem has lifted age limits for new applicants, “so even more patriots will qualify to join ICE.” Prior to the announcement, ICE was accepting applications from those 21 to 37 years old.

Note: All ICE law enforcement recruits are required to go through medical screening, drug screening, and complete a physical fitness test. Those selected to serve are offered:

  • A maximum $50,000 signing bonus
  • Student loan repayment and forgiveness options
  • 25% Law Enforcement Availability Pay (LEAP) for Special Agents
  • Administratively Uncontrollable Overtime (AUI) for Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO) Deportation Officers
  • Enhanced retirement benefits

LEAP compensation allows for “unscheduled duty” pay of up to 25% of regular salary, an acknowledgement of the “irregular hours” required by the job.

Great, now old people can join in the abuse, too. 🙁

LA Times: Westlake Home Depot raided again, reigniting fears of more sweeps despite judge’s order to stop

After weeks of relative quiet, Border Patrol agents raided a Home Depot in Westlake on Wednesday as a top federal agent warned, “We’re not leaving,” and posted images of half a dozen border agents running from a Penske truck through the parking lot.

As many as 16 immigrants were reported rounded up and arrested in what U.S. Border Patrol Sector Chief Greg Bovino called “Operation Trojan Horse.” The early morning raids revived fears of more widespread sweeps that organizers had hoped would ease with a federal judge’s order, affirmed by a 9th Circuit Court of Appeals panel, that immigration officials cannot racially profile people or use roving patrols to target immigrants.

“For those who thought Immigration enforcement had stopped in Southern California, think again,” acting U.S. attorney Bill Essayli posted on X, shortly after the raid. “The enforcement of federal law is not negotiable and there are no sanctuaries from the reach of the federal government.”

A day laborer, who identified himself as Ceasar, said around 6:45 a.m. a yellow Penske truck pulled up to the laborers who had gathered in the parking lot. The driver told them in Spanish he was looking for workers.

Several of the men gathered around the truck and then someone, it was unclear who to him, rolled up the back of the truck. Masked agents, one wearing a cowboy hat, jumped out and started chasing people. People scattered.

“This is the worst feeling ever,” said Ceasar, who has been going to the home improvement store to pick up work for several years.

Video on social media captured the moment the back of the rental truck opened. When Penske Truck Rental was asked about it, they said they were aware of the incident.

“The company was not made aware that its trucks would be used in today’s operation and did not authorize this,” said Penske spokesman Randolph P. Ryerson. “Penske will reach out to DHS and reinforce its policy to avoid improper use of its vehicles in the future.

He added: “Penske strictly prohibits the transportation of people in the cargo area of its vehicles under any circumstances,” the statement said.

One worker who escaped was still shaken by the experience an hour later. He identified himself as Raul, and said he saw at least eight people get arrested.

“That’s one of their cars,” he said pointing to a silver Toyota sedan.

The Home Depot had been one of the scene of the first raids in June that kicked off a more than month of operations in Southern California in which civil rights lawyers say federal agents indiscriminately arrested immigrants. The raids gutted businesses, spread fear and tore apart families.

On July 11, a federal judge temporarily blocked federal agents from using racial profiling to carry out indiscriminate arrests after the ACLU, Public Counsel, other groups and private attorneys sued over the practices saying that the region had been “under seige.”

Department of Justice attorneys argued the order hinders them from carrying federal immigration enforcement, but the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal upheld the order.

For the past weeks since the restraining order kicked in in early July, Bovino has shared photos of arrests of undocumented immigrants, stating that some had active arrest warrants. With others, he referenced a lengthy criminal history, marking the arrests as more targeted than they had been prior.

But organizers say a similar operation to the raid unfolded on Monday at a Home Depot in Hollywood that was the site of a massive raid in June. That operation also sparked concerns about violations of the TRO.

Maegan Ortiz, the executive director of the nonprofit group Instituto de Educación Popular del Sur de California, known as IDEPSCA, said they began receiving word about an immigration operation at the Home Depot in Hollywood around 6:50 a.m. on Monday.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ar-AA1K1YKo

Fox News: ICE raid tipoffs from Dem lawmaker could mean charges, says DHS rep: ‘Looks like obstruction’

‘State Senator Analise Ortiz is siding with vicious cartels, human traffickers, and violent criminals over American citizens,’ said a DHS spokesperson.

A Democratic state lawmaker tipping off ICE operations in her community could be hit with obstruction-of-justice charges, a spokesperson for the Department of Homeland Security told Fox News Digital.

After Democratic Arizona state Senator Analise Ortiz admitted on social media to alerting her community about ICE movements, DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin claimed in a statement to Fox News Digital that the lawmaker is choosing illegal criminals over American citizens.

“Arizona state Senator Analise Ortiz is siding with vicious cartels, human traffickers, and violent criminals over American citizens,” said McLaughlin.

“Notifying the public about ICE law enforcement operations endangers law enforcement and weakens American national security,” she went on.

In response to Fox News Digital’s question about whether Ortiz could face charges, McLaughlin answered, “This certainly looks like obstruction of justice.”

She pointed to DHS statistics that ICE officers are currently facing an 830 percent increase in assaults.

“The men and women of ICE put their lives on the line every day to arrest violent criminal illegal aliens to protect and defend the lives of American citizens,” said McLaughlin. “Make no mistake, sanctuary politicians like Arizona Senator Analise Ortiz are contributing to the surge in assaults of our ICE officers through their repeated vilification and demonization of ICE.”

This comes after popular conservative social media page “Libs of TikTok” blasted Ortiz for posting alerts on her account giving updates on ICE operations in the area. Libs of TikTok posted a screenshot, indicating it belonged to Ortiz, that warned in English and Spanish, “ICE is present.” The post also gave the location of the federal officials’ whereabouts.

Libs of TikTok wrote, “Arizona State Senator Analise Ortiz (D) is actively impeding and doxxing ICE by posting their live locations on instagram.” The account urged Border Czar Tom Homan, the DHS and ICE to file charges against Ortiz.  

In response, Ortiz admitted to alerting her community about ICE activity, saying, “Yep. When ICE is around, I will alert my community to stay out of the area.”  

Seemingly in response to the Libs of TikTok’s call for charges against her, Ortiz also wrote, “I’m not f*****g scared of you nor Trump’s masked goons.”

After the comment, Arizona Senate Warren Petersen, a Republican, issued a statement reprimanding Ortiz: “Public servants have a duty to uphold the law and respect those who enforce it, not undermine them.”

Petersen said he had referred the matter to the U.S. Attorney for the District of Arizona for investigation “as it appears she may be in violation of federal law.”

Ortiz has remained defiant, writing in an X post, “I will not be intimidated. I will alert our community to avoid the area when Trump’s masked thugs terrorize us all, regardless of citizenship. Trump doesn’t respect our laws nor our constitution. My duty is to keep people safe from his unconstitutional and authoritarian actions.”

LOL! It’s no different than holding up a sign along a highway that says “speed trap ahead”. It’s free speech protected by the First Amendment.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ice-raid-tipoffs-from-dem-lawmaker-could-mean-charges-says-dhs-rep-looks-like-obstruction

Alternet: There’s a very simple reason why Trump will never release the Epstein files | Opinion

Let’s get right to it, because time is not on our side, America: Donald Trump won’t order the release of the Epstein files because he is prominently featured in them.

Bare minimum, he associated with pedophiles.

Why is this so hard to understand?

Why isn’t this the end of the road for this monster?

Why isn’t this the only thread that is being pulled on right now with urgency by our bought-off and/or incompetent mainstream media?

Or did I just answer my own question?

Why isn’t every American calling (202) 224-3121 (that’s the U.S. Capitol switchboard) and demanding that Trump release the Epstein files like he said he would on the campaign trail?

Thank God, identifying and stomping out pedophiles is not yet a partisan issue in America.

An unheard of 82 percent of Americans — including 76 percent of Republicans — want these files released immediately. And while Democrats are doing what they procedurally can to get at the files, it will take time that we should all have decided by now that we do not have.

Shouldn’t Americans know, and just as soon as possible, the full details of their president’s relationship with a man who raped children? And shouldn’t THAT finally end the long, national nightmare we have endured for 10 years, while this dirty old man breaks everything in his blurry sight?

We know without a shadow of a doubt that the man is a grotesque racist.

We know without a shadow of a doubt he is a convicted felon, who assaults women.

We know without a shadow of a doubt he cheats on his taxes even more than he has cheated on all his wives.

We know without a shadow of a doubt he is a nuclear-powered liar, who is simply incapable of telling the truth, and lied 30,573 times the first time he tried to sink this country.

We know without a shadow of a doubt he invited Russia to help him win the 2016 election, and then refused to call them on it in Helsinki.

We know without a shadow of a doubt he is using the White House as his own personal ATM, and by many estimates has already pocketed billions of our dollars in crypto and airplanes, while taking endless vacations to his golf properties all over the world on our dime.

We know without a shadow of a doubt he stalked girls in the dressing rooms of Miss Teen USA beauty competitions, because “(He’s) seen it all before, and (he’s) the owner of the pageant. And therefore (he’s) inspecting it.”

These are his words.

HIS WORDS.

And now we know that the shadow of doubt concerning his real relationship with Epstein and his victims is receding into the light, because this is where we are right now, good people:

Given Trump’s new-found executive powers granted to him by our corrupt Supreme Court that are fit for a king, we can be assured that if there wasn’t any damning evidence in these melting files that point to grotesque behavior with stolen children — or even better for him, there were names of his political enemies mentioned in the thing — he would have ordered these files replace the Bible in all these Christo-fascist churches as must-read material for his gurgling and snorting cult. In other words: It would be EVERYWHERE right now. There would be endless celebratory, back-patting press conferences, and Trump would order that it be read slowly, and with emphasis, on the CBS Evening News, which he recently acquired to add to his budding propaganda kingdom. You couldn’t escape it.

Except he’s doing none of this, is he?

Instead, he’s turning that certain color of rust orange, as he bends over at the waist, barrel-butt out, his 6-foot tie scraping his fat ankles, while his little, chubby hands do that weird accordion thing as he lashes out at anybody within his odious vicinity.

He’s posting INSANE distractions on his SOCIAL media channels THAT are ODDly capitalized and carrY the grammatical WAIT of a 4-year-OLD who has Trapped himself in a DOOR jam.

They have quietly moved the disgusting Ghislaine Maxwell, Epstein’s ex-girlfriend and co-conspirator, to a cushy federal prison in Texas. WHY?

Trump has no answers, which is why we need to keep asking this question:

WHY WON’T YOU JUST SHUT UP AND RELEASE THE DAMN FILES LIKE YOU SAID YOU WOULD?

Meantime, the stink has somehow gotten even worse, because there is breaking news that it has taken only six months for Trump to destroy the solid economy Joe Biden helped meticulously build after inheriting Trump’s mess in 2021 following the attempted insurrection.

Trump inherited the strongest economy in the entire world, and has screwed it up in record time. Job growth has stalled again, and is at a 16-year low — or the last time a Democrat was fixing a battered economy left in shambles by a Republican.

Prices are rising, not falling.

Why did anybody think it would be any different this time around?

Here’a another fact that never gets enough attention: Democrats make economies and Republicans break them. Go ahead, look that up.

I could stand to hear a helluva lot more about this, too, because while billionaires are being rewarded like never before in America, the rest of us are getting royally screwed.

The numbers back this up.

Right now, though, I want to know why our president is providing safe haven for pedophiles.

Based on what we know, you’d have to be a damn fool not to believe the worst.

https://www.alternet.org/alternet-exclusives/trump-epstein-files-2673859787

NBC News: ICE releases Purdue student who was abruptly detained at her visa hearing

Yeonsoo Go, who was handcuffed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents upon leaving her visa hearing, was kept at a facility in Louisiana, according to the ICE database.

A Purdue University student and daughter of a prominent New York priest who was detained during a visa hearing last week has been released.

Yeonsoo Go, 20, reunited with her family Monday night in downtown Manhattan. It comes after Go, who was handcuffed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents upon leaving her visa hearing, spent several days in a facility in Louisiana, according to the ICE database.

Go came to the U.S. in 2021 on a religious dependent visa for children or spouses of religious workers temporarily in the country, Marissa Joseph, Go’s attorney, told NBC News. Go, whose visa had been extended until December, was attempting to renew the visa because her mother had changed employers. It isn’t clear why the student was targeted for detention, Joseph said.

She was targeted just because they could. Every immigration arrest is a feather in the racist Stephen Miller’s hat.

“I’m just so grateful for the support that I’ve had,” Go told the crowd of supporters after she hugged her family.

ICE did not immediately respond to NBC News’ request to comment on the reasons behind Go’s detention. And the Department of Homeland Security did not provide the family a reason for Go’s release, Joseph said. DHS spokesperson Tricia McLaughlin previously described Go in a statement as an “illegal alien” who had overstayed her visa that expired more than two years ago.

Go, who lives in Scarsdale, New York, with her mother, Kyrie Kim, came to the U.S. for Kim’s work. Kim, who became the first woman ordained in the Seoul Diocese of the Anglican Church of Korea, had been invited to develop the Episcopal church’s connection to Asian communities, said Mary Rothwell Davis, an attorney for the Episcopal Diocese of New York, where Go’s mother is a reverend.

“It was an initiative to begin a new ministry, reaching out to Asian clergy, Asian families, and … to help strengthen and grow that aspect of our Episcopal and Anglican community,” Davis said, just hours before Go’s release. “Rev. Kim is the person who was chosen to do that.”

Go, a rising sophomore at Purdue, had a smooth, uneventful visa hearing, Davis said, and was given a date to return to court.

“Everything seemed to go perfectly well,” Davis said. “So she had no idea this was coming. None.”

Davis said she has seen the visa herself and was unsure why McLaughlin had claimed Go overstayed her visa.

“We have no idea why they are alleging this, because we have a piece of paper that says she has a visa till December 2025,” Davis said. “This is what lack of due process does. We have evidence on our side. They’re making allegations. We are not being given the opportunity to sort it out.”

Go’s detention drew massive backlash across faith and local New York communities. Over the weekend, friends, loved ones and more gathered in downtown Manhattan to rally around the student. Davis said that as Go was being transferred to Louisiana from the facility in New York, she caught a glimpse of the supporters.

“She was leaving the building by bus, and she saw the Episcopal Diocese rally that was taking place in front of the courthouse,” Davis, who’s been in constant communication with the family, said. “It was very bittersweet.”

New York Assemblymember Amy Paulin, who spoke to Go on the night of her release, said in a statement that she is “overjoyed” that so many individuals spoke out for Go.

“The pain, fear, and uncertainty she and her family endured over the past five days should never have happened,” Paulin said in the statement. “But tonight we celebrate her freedom and the strength of a community that refused to stay silent.”

Kim told reporters that though she’s relieved that her daughter is back home, it’s also critical to remember that many others continue to contend with circumstances similar to Go’s detention.

“There’s more who need the support,” Kim said.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/ice-releases-yeonsoo-go-purdue-student-detained-visa-hearing-rcna223089

New York Post: Federal agents flee arson attack at ICE office in Washington state after rock hurled through window

Federal immigration agents escaped an arson attack at their office in Yakima, Washington, over the weekend, The Post has learned.

An unidentified crazed arsonist first threw a rock through a window of the building — which is listed as a field office on ICE’s website — before setting a fire in the back of the property on Saturday, Assistant Homeland Security Secretary Tricia McLaughlin told The Post.

Photos taken during the torching show flames charring the grass behind a chain link fence surrounding the building while a thick cloud of black smoke billowed above.

There were no injuries reported.

While McLaughlin said it’s not confirmed that immigration agents were the target of the firebombing, the building has public signage identifying it as a Department of Homeland Security office.

The complex, 140 miles southeast of Seattle, is also home to a Washington state Department of Social and Health Services office.

Assaults on ICE personnel are up 830% as the Trump administration pushes a mass deportation campaign, according to McLaughlin.

She railed against sanctuary leaders for demonizing immigration agents.

“Make no mistake, Democrat politicians like [House Minority Leader] Hakeem Jeffries, Mayor [Michelle] Wu of Boston, [Minnesota Gov.] Tim Walz, and Mayor [Karen] Bass of Los Angeles are contributing to the surge in assaults of our ICE officers through their repeated vilification and demonization of ICE,” said McLaughlin.

“From comparisons to the modern-day Nazi Gestapo to glorifying rioters, the violent rhetoric of these sanctuary politicians is beyond the pale,” she said.

She added: “Secretary [Kristi] Noem has been clear: Anyone who seeks to harm law enforcement officers will be found and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”

No officers were injured as a result of the attack and local cops are investigating it as an act of arson.

In another recent anti-ICE attack, rioters took to the streets of Los Angeles in June, hurling concrete blocks at federal officers working at the detention center downtown and setting Waymo autonomous cars ablaze.

The agitators began the rampage in response to a deportation raid at a local Home Depot.

President Trump later deployed 4,000 National Guard troops and 700 Marines to the City of Angels to control the violence.

Breaks my heart.

Not!

https://nypost.com/2025/08/05/us-news/arsonist-attacks-ice-office-in-washington-state-hurls-rock-through-window

Inquisitr: “It’s Just a Matter of Time” — Expert Warns About Donald Trump’s Next Move That Could Cost Americans Badly

Donald Trump could get inspired by the government in Israel and try to do what they are doing right now, expert warned.

Critics have not spared Donald Trump since his reign began for the second time in January. Now, George Conway, a conservative attorney, has also warned Americans about what might happen to the nation if his administration continues its endeavors. Conway, who has been a longtime vocal critic of Trump, commented that he is steering the United States toward a grave constitutional crisis.

He made those remarks in a report on the ongoing turmoil in Israel, where Benjamin Netanyahu’s government voted to fire the attorney general who is prosecuting him over a corruption case. Although the Supreme Court has blocked the move pending judicial review, one government minister is prepared to ignore the decision. Conway provided the ordeal as an example of what Donald Trump might try to do next in America.

He tweeted, “Mark my words. Trump will defy our Supreme Court, too. It’s just a matter of time.” His comments came after the Trump administration tried to dodge a bunch of Supreme Court orders since his second term began. For example, in the Kilmer Abergo Garcia case, as part of the immigration crackdown, ICE wrongfully detained and sent Garcia to the notorious El Salvador prison, a facility known for its extreme conditions. His case created a vast controversy, especially when the administration threatened to ignore strong court orders against it.

Meanwhile, Karl Rove, a longtime Republican strategist, noted that Donald Trump’s problematic moves could cost him badly. During a Fox News interview over the weekend, he noted that the President is losing his strong grounds, which could result in a bad outcome during next year’s midterm elections.

“While he has strengthened the support among right-leaning Republicans, he has also sort of lost ground among independents, who at this point are disposed to say, ‘I’m voting Democrat in the midterm election,” Rove said, as per Huff Post. 

“To me, what’s ironic is, is that the Trump administration is making the same mistake that the Biden administration made,” the strategist added. He explained that there were mostly three issues that got Trump elected: the economy, the border, and inflation. While the President is definitely working on border issues, inflation and the economy seem to be the least priorities for his administration right now.

“Well, now we have ‘the golden age of American prosperity has returned,’ and Americans are not feeling that. I think that’s a big mistake for the White House and is likely to come back and bite ’em in the midterm elections,” Rove concluded.

HuffPost: Critics ‘Mock’ Kristi Noem’s ‘Stupid’ Nickname For New Migrant Jail

Indiana is getting its own spin on “Alligator Alcaztraz.”

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem drew swift backlash on Tuesday after unveiling plans for a new migrant detention center in Indiana — which she dubbed the “Speedway Slammer.”

In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Noem announced a partnership with Indiana Governor Mike Braun (R) to expand detention capacity by 1,000 beds at Miami Correctional Facility near Bunker Hill.

It will “help remove the worst of the worst out of our country,” she gleefully wrote.

“COMING SOON to Indiana: The Speedway Slammer,” Noem boosted.

“If you are in America illegally, you could find yourself in Indiana’s Speedway Slammer. Avoid arrest and self deport now using the @CBP Home App,” she added.

Critics condemned the announcement as “disgusting,” cruel and dehumanizing, calling out the Trump administration’s broader approach to immigration enforcement. They also slammed the center’s “stupid” name.

Many compared the branding of the facility to Florida’s so-called “Alligator Alcatraz,” the migrant detention center surrounded by snakes and alligators that the Trump administration promoted earlier this summer.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/kristi-noem-new-migrant-center-name_n_6892f411e4b07e7958a124ec

MeidasTouch News: Trump Threatens to Seize Control of Washington DC and ‘Federalize’ the City

In a controversial escalation, Trump warns he may assume direct authority over the nation’s capital to tackle crime and governance failures, imposing federal control unless local officials act swiftly.

President Donald Trump warned Tuesday that his administration could assume direct federal control over Washington, D.C., if the city’s government fails to take stronger action against crime.

In a post on social media, Trump accused local leaders of being too lenient on young offenders and called for sweeping changes to the city’s criminal laws.

“The Law in D.C. must be changed to prosecute these ‘minors’ as adults, and lock them up for a long time, starting at age 14,” the president wrote.

Trump said his administration was prepared to step in if necessary.

“If D.C. doesn’t get its act together, and quickly, we will have no choice but to take Federal control of the City.”

The statement comes amid rising political debate over crime in the nation’s capital and renewed discussions about the limits of D.C.’s home rule, which grants the city self-governance but leaves ultimate authority with Congress and the president.

https://meidasnews.com/news/trump-threatens-to-seize-control-of-washington-dc-and-federalize-the-city