The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has launched an operation in Illinois that it says will target illegal immigrants engaged in criminal activity in the state, with a focus on Chicago.

Called Operation Midway Blitz, the federal government said the round-ups will be carried out in honour of Katie Abraham, “who was killed in Illinois by a criminal illegal alien who should have never been in our country,” the DHS wrote in a press release Monday.

Abraham died in a hit-and-run on Jan. 9 in Urbana, Ill., after an alleged drunk driver, who police say was undocumented, hit the 20-year-old’s vehicle with an SUV.

Chloe Polzin, a friend of Abraham’s and a passenger during the deadly crash, died the next day as a result of the incident, ABC Eyewitness News said.

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