Homeland Security post targeting "Mr. Singh" draws backlash from California officials, trucking leader
- 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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Department of Homeland Security deletes AI-generated image after backlash
The AI-generated post showed the "Transformers" character confronting a bearded man wearing a turban, and it included the message "Self-deport or find out" and told "Mr. Singh" to get off American roads because he did not "know how to drive."
US Homeland Security pulls 'Mr Singh' self-deportation post after backlash
The deleted post featured AI-generated imagery depicting Autobot leader Optimus Prime wearing a DHS insignia patch confronting a brown-bearded man in a bandana against the New York City skyline. The graphic carried the taglines "Self-deport or find out" alongside "America for Americans: Get off our roads, you don't know how to drive Mr Singh."
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