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.