A social media post by the US Department of Homeland Security mocked an Indian-origin truck driver, leading to criticism from politicians and Indian diaspora groups.
A post by the United States’ Department of Homeland Security that said ‘Mr Singh does not know how to drive’ drew flak online, with politicians and Indian diaspora groups criticising it for being racist. The post on social media platform X on Wednesday had an artificial intelligence-generated poster featuring Transformers character Optimus Prime and a brown man staring at each other. ‘Self-deport or find out’, read the image. ‘America for Americans’, the poster said. ‘Get off our roads, you don't know how to drive Mr Singh.’
The appearance of the man in the image was similar to that of an Indian-origin truck driver arrested in Florida in August 2025 for a crash that killed three persons.
Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra described the post as a racist advertisement, urging Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ‘bring this up’ with US President Donald Trump. Ranjeev Puri, the leader of the Democrats in the Michigan House of Representatives, who is a proud Sikh-American, also criticised the post.
The Hindu American Foundation called the post ‘racist, un-American, anti-Indian profiling/trolling’ and called for an investigation. The Coalition of Hindus of North America also condemned the post, stating that it endangered the safety of hundreds of thousands of Americans with names like Singh and Kumar.
Several other social media users also criticised the post, saying that it had gone too far.
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