The New Indian Express ·
US government sparks backlash over ‘Mr Singh’ self-deport ad; Sikh groups, BJP hit back
CHANDIGARH: An advertisement posted by the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) asking "Mr Singh" to self-deport has sparked controversy, with Indian-American and Sikh advocacy groups calling the messaging racist and discriminatory.
The DHS used AI-generated imagery on X to push its campaign against unlicensed commercial drivers, featuring a brown-bearded man with the tagline: "Get off our roads, you don't know how to drive Mr Singh."
A short video clip in a related post on X shows Megatron, the main antagonist in the Transformers franchise, negotiating the release of "aliens" -- a term used to describe foreign nationals by the US administration.
