The college student who became the face of the Trump administration’s Operation Midway Blitz would have “hated” that her name was associated with the immigration enforcement operation, her mother said Monday.
“I can say with confidence Katie would have hated it, and she would have had hated having her name continuing to be used by politicians publicly and on social media,” said Katie Abraham’s mother, Denise Lorence.
Abraham and her friend died in a drunk driving crash in Urbana in January 2025. She was 20 years old. The driver was undocumented, a fact the U.S. Department of Homeland Security emphasized repeatedly through statements and preproduced videos featuring her father and stepmother.
“The Trump administration not only never contacted me; they have erased me as Katie’s mother. They’re framing another person as her mother to lead people to believe that both Katie’s parents were on board with this atrocity,” Lorence said.
On Monday, Lorence testified in front of the Illinois Accountability Commission, which was created by Gov. JB Pritzker’s administration to investigate what happened when federal agents were in the Chicago area last year.
“This is a terrible tragedy that she lost her life. And indeed, I believe that the worst of the worst — like Donald Trump talked about getting — those people should be arrested,” Pritzker told Telemundo Chicago on Monday. “But that’s not what’s happening.”
In total, the commission conducted 16 investigations into U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s actions.
Pritzker said the goal of the hearings is to document what happened, so if Democrats take back control in Washington, charges can be brought against agents who broke the law.
Lorence said she first learned her daughter was the face of the immigration operation through friends who saw it on the news.
“Having my daughter’s legacy associated with this violent government operation and their political agenda instead of the light and positivity that she contributed to this world is inexcusable,” Lorence said.
When NBC Chicago asked Homeland Security for comment, a spokesperson sent a statement from Joe Abraham, Katie’s father, saying in part: “Katie was compassionate, but she would never have asked innocent Americans to pay with their lives for lawlessness. I gave my full permission for Operation Midway Blitz to be conducted in Katie’s honor, and I proudly stand with ICE, DHS, and every officer willing to enforce our laws and protect American families.”
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