The Trump administration unveiled a new partnership with Indiana to lock away hundreds more criminal illegal migrants.
The Indiana Department of Corrections is working with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to expand detention space by 1,000 beds, according to a press release by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The new project — dubbed the “Speedway Slammer” — will be located at the Miami Correctional Center in Bunker Hill, Indiana, marking the second state partnership with federal immigration authorities. (RELATED: ICE Office Set Ablaze In Sanctuary State As Attacks Against Agency Rack Up)
“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,” DHS Secretary Kristi Noem said Tuesday. “Thanks to Governor Braun 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,” Noem continued. “Avoid arrest and self deport now using the CBP Home App.”
A corrections officer walks beside people holding candles, signs, and flowers during a vigil outside the Krome Detention Center in Miami on May 24, 2025, protesting US Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody and mass deportations. (Photo by Giorgio VIERA / AFP) (Photo by GIORGIO VIERA/AFP via Getty Images)
The nickname is ostensibly about the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, a famous motor racing circuit located in Speedway, Indiana.
DHS credited the new partnership to the passage of the Big Beautiful Bill, which “fully funded” 287(g) — a program that deputizes local law enforcement with immigration authorities — and provides tax dollars for 80,000 new beds, which ICE can utilize to detain and deport illegal migrants. The upcoming expansion intends to hold the “worst of the worst” illegal migrants.
“We are proud to work with President Trump and Secretary Noem as they remove the worst of the worst with this innovative partnership,” Indiana GOP Gov. Mike Braun said in a public statement. “Indiana is taking a comprehensive and collaborative approach to combating illegal immigration and will continue to lead the way among states.”
The Speedway Slammer was just the latest cooperation agreement between Indiana and federal immigration authorities.
Braun unveiled a 287(g) partnership between the Indiana Department of Homeland Security and ICE on Friday, which his office stated would “enhance collaboration” with state and local law enforcement to remove criminal migrants. Similar agreements were also made with the Indiana State Police and the Indiana Department of Correction.
The Speedway Slammer is the second state partnership expanding ICE detention after the opening of Alligator Alcatraz, a migrant detention center in the middle of the Everglades in Florida. The facility, which was born out of a virtually abandoned airfield, is expected to cost around $450 million a year and will feature 5,000 beds to house illegal migrants and other foreign nationals under federal immigration detention.
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