Dad of illegal immigrant DUI victim issues warning to Americans over lax driver's license laws

The begetter of an Illinois pistillate who was killed by an amerciable migrant successful a DUI clang issued a informing to Americans amid a propulsion for stricter laws concerning driver's licenses.

During Wednesday's California gubernatorial debate, Democrat Katie Porter said she would "fight" the Trump medication aft she was asked if English connection proficiency should beryllium strictly enforced for motortruck drivers.

Her comments travel amid a drawstring of fatal incidents involving amerciable migrant drivers, including Harjinder Singh, who allegedly made an amerciable U-turn connected the Florida Turnpike successful August, triggering a clang that near 3 dead, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

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The Department of Homeland Security launched Operation Midway Blitz to grant Katie Abraham, who was killed successful a hit-and-run caused by a transgression amerciable alien successful Illinois. The section worked with her father, Joe Abraham, during the operation. (Department of Homeland Security)

In a much caller case, Bekzhan Beishekeev, an amerciable migrant from Kyrgyzstan who entered the U.S. nether the Biden administration, is accused of failing to halt for a slowing semi-truck, swerving into oncoming postulation and slamming into a van carrying up to 15 passengers, sidesplitting four, according to DHS.

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Joe Abraham, whose girl was killed by an amerciable migrant drunken driver, warned Americans successful an interrogation with Fox News Digital astir the dangers of allowing amerciable immigrants to get driver's licenses — commercialized oregon different — without due vetting.

"What happens is the outcomes are similar what my family's suffering done close now. So you instrumentality distant these guardrails, you nullify national instrumentality and past you instrumentality nary existent process, an upfront process to recognize who's coming into our communities. Are they vetted, they were not. Were they wellness screened? No, the feline who killed Katie had HIV, nary 1 adjacent identified him until helium was incarcerated," helium said.

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Joe Abraham holds a photograph of himself with his 20-year-old daughter, Katie Abraham, astatine their household location successful Glenview, Ill., connected Sept. 10, 2025. (Stacey Wescott/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service)

Abraham's daughter, Katie, was killed successful a drunken driving hit-and-run clang that progressive an amerciable migrant successful 2025 successful Urbana, Illinois. Julio Cucul-Bol, an amerciable immigrant, was sentenced to 30 years successful situation aft helium crashed into her car and fled the scene.

"Let's fig retired wherever those cracks are and tighten them up. But if you person a process, and I've been talking astir this since Katie's death, you cannot conscionable say, everyone is my neighbor," helium said.

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Abraham said astatine the precise least, cognition of the English connection should beryllium a requirement.

"It seems truly communal sense-wise, and I cognize that our politicians contiguous conflict with communal sense. I don't cognize if they effort to outsmart their communal consciousness oregon if it's conscionable consecutive up ideology and power. But it seems to maine that if you're connected the roads, not lone should you cognize the connection and beryllium capable to work the signs and recognize the flow, but you should beryllium assimilated successful immoderate way," Abraham said.

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Katie Abraham was killed erstwhile the conveyance she was traveling successful was rear-ended by a drunken operator who was an amerciable immigrant. (Joe Abraham)

The Illinois nonmigratory said his girl was a "beautiful person" with a "sharp wit."

"She was truthful personable. Her property was truthful engaging, made everyone consciousness seen, heard, cared for, compassionate, fair-minded. She loved the water. She was a h2o polo player. She was a competitory swimmer. Did that each done precocious school. She had her full beingness up of her. And see, you know, similar a sponge, she soaked successful life, each portion of it, and she was lone 20. We inactive had truthful galore plans up of america that were, you know, that are conscionable gone due to the fact that of reckless policies," helium added.

Fox News Digital reached retired to Porter's run for comment.