The US Department of Homeland Security on Thursday removed an Transformers-style advertisement asking “Mr Singh” to self-deport following a backlash from Indian-American groups and Democratic leaders who described it as “racist propaganda”.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) used AI-generated imagery on X to push its campaign against unlicensed commercial drivers, featuring a brown-bearded man with a tagline: “Get off our roads, you don’t know how to drive Mr Singh.”
The advertisement sparked off a strong push back from Indian-American and Sikh advocacy groups and also got support from Democratic leaders such as California Governor Gavin Newsom and Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi.
“This is disgusting. Trump’s government is trafficking in racist propaganda targeting the Sikh community,” Newsom’s press office said in a post on X.
Advocacy groups such as Hindu American Foundation, Sikh Coalition, HinduAction, Coalition of Hindus of North America also dubbed the advertisement as
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