'You Don't Know How to Drive Mr Singh': Trump Admin's Self-Deportation Poster Sparks Racism Row
- The Department of Homeland Security faced backlash on Thursday for an AI-generated advertisement featuring a brown-bearded man named Singh with the tagline "Get off our roads, you don't know how to drive Mr Singh."
- Promoting its CBP Home program, the DHS encourages undocumented migrants to leave the United States voluntarily, offering travel assistance and an exit bonus of $2,600 to registrants.
- Advocacy groups including The Sikh Coalition and Hindu American Foundation condemned the ad as "racist" and "anti-American." The Sikh Coalition stated, "Twenty-five years after 9/11, Sikhs are *still* being targeted and profiled for how we look."
- Criticizing the post as discriminatory, the HAF demanded an investigation while tagging Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K Dhillon and FBI Director Kash Patel for action.
- Other social media posts featured Optimus Prime confronting the man with the message "Self-deport or find out," while a clip showed Megatron negotiating the release of "aliens.
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Trump administration taps 'Transformers' for new deportation program: 'You don't know how to drive, Mr. Singh'
The Department of Homeland Security is casting itself as the Autobots — with Megatron and illegal immigrants playing the Decepticons.It’s the latest Hollywood-inspired message from the Trump administration, which rolled out a “Transformers” mash-up to promote a new ICE tip line for reporting commercial driver's license fraud.'Self-deport or find out.'The video uses footage from the “Transformers” franchise to depict Decepticon leader Megatron de…
Indians have objected to this post issued by the US Department of Homeland Security. The Hindu American Foundation (HAF) stated that people with the surname Singh are Hindus, Sikhs, and American citizens. The organization accused DHS of "racial and anti-Indian profiling."
'Transformers were aliens too': Social media reacts to Trump administration's racist poster targeting Indian drivers
Social media users have slammed a US DHS immigration ad featuring a brown man labelled Mr Singh and accused it of racial stereotyping. Critics also mocked the campaign's use of Transformers characters, noting that Optimus Prime is himself an alien.
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