Katie Abraham should have graduated from Ohio University this year.

Instead, she is buried.

She was visiting friends in Urbana, Illinois, when she was killed by a man who, according to public records, possessed valid Illinois-issued documents despite allegedly using false identities and aliases and despite documented concerns that should have prompted greater scrutiny.

Her death is not the subject of this article.

It is the reason this article must be written.

Katie's case raises a larger question: who will be held accountable for the policies that created the conditions for failures like these?

The Biden administration never officially adopted an "open borders" policy.

People respond to incentives.

Between 2021 and 2025, President Joe Biden and his administration pursued an immigration agenda that dismantled deterrence-based policies, narrowed enforcement priorities, expanded the use of parole authorities, and attempted to end programs designed to discourage unlawful entry.

President Biden set that agenda.

Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas implemented it through the agencies responsible for border security and immigration enforcement.

Senior White House officials, including........

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