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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Josh Marcus

‘Simply unbearable’: Mother of slain 20-year-old wants DHS to stop using her daughter to justify Chicago crackdown

In September, when the Department of Homeland Security launched its “Operation Midway Blitz” immigration crackdown in the Chicago area, officials said the push was in honor of Katie Abraham, a 20-year-old Illinois resident who was killed at the beginning of the year in a car wreck involving an undocumented immigrant.

Now, Abraham’s mother is speaking out against the Trump administration, disavowing the operation that was launched in her daughter’s name.

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