Chicago killing reignites sanctuary city fight as Angel parent heads to Senate hearing
FIRST ON FOX: An Angel parent is set to testify before the Senate on Wednesday as Republicans intensify scrutiny of sanctuary city policies after the fatal shooting of Chicago student...
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FIRST ON FOX: An Angel parent is set to testify before the Senate on Wednesday as Republicans intensify scrutiny of sanctuary city policies after the fatal shooting of Chicago student Sheridan Gorman, allegedly by an illegal immigrant. Joe Abraham, whose daughter was killed in a hit-and-run crash involving an illegal immigrant last year, is set to testify before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Consitution on Wednesday about sanctuary city laws, which he says led to the deaths of his daughter, Katie Abraham, and Gorman. "An 18-year-old college student — someone just beginning life — has been killed," Abraham wrote in a Fox News Digital opinion piece on Tuesday. "And once again, the circumstances raise the same painful questions about policy, enforcement and accountability." ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT CHARGED IN COLLEGE STUDENT’S MURDER HAULED INTO COURT IN LATEST ARREST "Once again, we are confronted with the possibility that this tragedy, like the one that took my daughter, might have been prevented," he continued. Abraham’s daughter was killed when a drunk illegal immigrant crashed into her vehicle and fled the scene. Julio Cucul-Bol was later arrested and sentenced to 30 years in prison. Authorities said Cucul-Bol, from Guatemala, had previously been deported from the U.S. in 2016. The hearing, titled Protecting American Citizenship II: Federalism, Sanctuary Cities, and the Rule of Law, will be led by Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., who chairs the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution. CNN, MS NOW AVOID COVERING LOYOLA STUDENT SHERIDAN GORMAN MURDERED BY ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT IN CHICAGO Schmitt told Fox News Digital that the hearing had been in the works before Gorman's death, but noted, "sadly, you have these policies in place, this is not going to be the last time." "I think it's important to highlight in the hearing of what does it means [when] people hear the term [sanctuary cities], what does it mean? It means that sanctuary jurisdictions are just not goin…