@angeldadjoe@SecDuffy Please ask the DOJ to review CITY OF URBANA. I HOPE YOU FILE A WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUIT AGAINST THE STATE OF ILLINOIS AND CITY OF URBANA. I WILL DONATE TO THR LEGAL FEES
My daughter, Katie Abraham, was 20 years old when she was killed in a drunk-driving hit-and-run crash in Urbana, Illinois.
The man who killed her was in the country illegally. He fled the scene, leaving behind devastated families and futures that will never be realized.
Katie should still be here.
As her father, I believe Illinois' sanctuary policies, Governor @GovPritzker's "welcoming" approach to immigration, and a lack of meaningful enforcement created the conditions that allowed this preventable tragedy to happen.
What makes this especially difficult to reconcile is that, here in Illinois, sweeping COVID restrictions were accepted with little hesitation because they were framed as necessary to save lives.
Extraordinary measures were justified by a single principle: preventing preventable deaths.
Yet when concerns are raised about border security, immigration enforcement, fentanyl, trafficking, and public safety, that same urgency disappears.
This piece examines that contradiction:
Why are some preventable losses treated as urgent moral imperatives while others are minimized, reframed, or ignored?
For my family, this debate isn't political. It's personal.
Read Here: https://t.co/ZybuMeUF7d
@angeldadjoe@ILSecOfState@Giannoulias We see it all the time. They can’t read signs. They can’t afford insurance. They are drunk driving. It’s insane. Illinois doesn’t care about safe roads at all
The man convicted in Katie's death was issued an Illinois driver's license by @ILSecOfState under @Giannoulias.
Save lives? Common sense? Safety?
The lack of self-awareness from @Giannoulias is amazing.
In court, through an interpreter, Katies killer said he could not read, write, or speak English or Spanish and only spoke a remote K'iche' language.
How did Illinois allow this?
We spent months teaching Katie the proper and responsible way to be on Illinois roads.
@GovPritzker and AG Kwame Raoul won't provide accountability.
@TheJusticeDept and @SecDuffy: we need a compressive investigate of Illinois' CDL/DL issuance practices.
Accountability matters.
@angeldadjoe@TheJusticeDept City of Urbana they have “local police” written in Spanish on their squads to not alarm the local illegals. I’m serious. Do you want a photo @angeldadjoe
.@TheJusticeDept needs to conduct a comprehensive investigation into Illinois' sanctuary policies and CDL/DL issuance practices.
My daughter Katie couldn't get out of Urbana alive.
Accountability matters.
Australia banned X for children but not BlueSky.
Britain is banning X for children but not BlueSky.
This proves one thing.
It's not about protecting children.
It's about censorship and controlling the narrative.
The daily script:
“Katie was killed by an illegal immigrant...but if you say that, you must hate immigrants...”
As the son of legal immigrants who came to this country from the developing world, I reject that lie outright.
The people making these accusations rarely understand the sacrifices families like mine made to follow the law and build a life here.
Wanting secure borders, enforcing immigration laws, and demanding responsible immigration policies is not hatred. My family is living proof of that.
Human nature is human nature.
Responsible governments have a duty to plan for the best in people without ignoring the worst. They cannot assume that everyone seeking entry has good intentions.
The border policies and enforcement decisions of 2021–2025 exposed a basic truth: reckless policies at the border carry consequences for both citizens and migrants.
Preventing unlawful entry through consistent enforcement is far more responsible than attempting to manage the consequences after people have already been placed at risk.
Once someone enters the country illegally and is released into a community, every subsequent step; identifying lawbreakers, locating them, adjudicating their cases, and carrying out removals becomes vastly more difficult.
The moral obligation is to identify risks before entry, not explain failures after innocent people are harmed.
Rather than confront the policy failures and political decisions that allowed a dangerous man to remain in this country, critics attack the motives of those seeking accountability.
That's not compassion. It's deflection.
Katie deserved better than slogans, excuses, and ideological loyalty.
She deserved leaders willing to put public safety ahead of politics.
She deserved to be alive.
Katie should be celebrating her college graduation. Instead, we visit and tend to her grave.
@RepJayapal continues to defend policies that failed American families like mine, while offering endless compassion for those who violate our laws.
Your rhetoric is reckless, divisive, and dangerous because it dismisses the real consequences of the policies you champion. There is no wisdom in these choices.
Compassion that excludes victims isn't compassion; t's ideology, partisanship, and blind loyalty to a political agenda.
Katie mattered.
So do the families your policies leave behind.
I have just been arrested by the police in Madrid, Spain.
My phone and passport have been seized but I had a second phone in my pocket so I’m writing this from the back of the police car.
I was at Puerta del Sol for just 5 minutes.
Police told me I cannot have conversations in the public square. I researched the law and spoke with a lawyer and.they are wrong.