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“Katie was killed by an illegal immigrant—but you received justice…”
Justice?
Is that really the argument some voices want to stand behind?
That my 20-year-old daughter Katie had to die in a preventable tragedy, and afterward I should somehow feel reassured because the system eventually produced a plea deal and a sentence?
Really?
How far have we fallen as a society that we cannot protect citizens on the front end, but only show up after irreversible devastation and then tell grieving families, “At least you got justice.”
No. That is not justice.
Justice is not my daughter in a grave while her killer has a release date and a second chance someday.
Justice is not a plea deal and sentencing calculations after two young women are dead and multiple others are seriously injured.
Justice is not assigning a rough number of years to a human life and pretending that balances the scale.
When you actually think about it, the message becomes infuriating:
Katie’s life is gone forever, our family carries lifelong pain, and somehow we are told the system worked.
It did not work.
Real justice would have been prevention.
Real justice would have been securing the border.
Real justice would have been meaningful vetting and accountability.
Real justice would have been politicians putting public safety above ideology and political power.
But instead, Americans were repeatedly told the border was secure, that background checks and health screenings were robust, and that sanctuary policies carried no meaningful consequences.
Those were lies.
And instead of honest accountability, too many voices immediately pivot to deflection. What seems like a consistent process of turning ICE, border enforcement, or President Trump into the scapegoat for every conversation about immigration consequences.
That does not bring Katie back.
That does not address failed policies.
And that does not prevent the next preventable tragedy.
It is easier for politicians and activists to redirect outrage than admit the system they defended failed innocent Americans.
The people who promoted these policies never seem to bear the consequences themselves. Ordinary families do.
The victims were acceptable losses in a political equation designed by people insulated from the devastation their decisions create.
And even now there is no real reassessment, no meaningful acknowledgment, and almost no accountability.
Just excuses.
Just narratives.
Just full steam ahead.
Stopping preventable tragedies should not be this difficult.
But too many politicians are so tethered to ideology, power, and political self-preservation that families like mine become secondary considerations.
And the Katies of this country be damned.
That is what makes this unbearable.
@GovPritzker @SenatorDurbin @SenDuckworth
Say her name. Katie.
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