Overview
- Joe Abraham endorsed Operation Midway Blitz in a Chicago Tribune op-ed, calling the enforcement surge a moral effort launched in his daughter's honor.
- Katie Abraham’s mother, Denise Lorence, has opposed tying the operation to her daughter, underscoring a public split within the family.
- DHS says the Chicago-area operation, launched in September, has resulted in more than 3,000 arrests that include suspects accused of violent offenses.
- Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker requested a temporary pause over Halloween weekend, and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem rejected the request at a briefing in Gary, Indiana.
- Police charged Guatemalan national Julio Cucul Bol in Katie Abraham’s January death in Urbana, and he agreed to a 30-year prison term in a plea deal, according to Breitbart.