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Noem Announces the ‘Speedway Slammer’

August 6, 2025 at 6:43 am EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced a second makeshift detention center is going up in Indiana: The so-called “Speedway Slammer.”

Fox News reports the new 1,000-bed space will house what Noem described as the “worst of the worst” detained immigrants.

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