{"id":2617434,"date":"2026-06-22T16:49:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T20:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/another-fathers-day-reminds-angel-dads-of-all-theyve-lost\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T16:52:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T20:52:40","slug":"another-fathers-day-reminds-angel-dads-of-all-theyve-lost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/another-fathers-day-reminds-angel-dads-of-all-theyve-lost\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Father&#8217;s Day Reminds Angel Dads Of All They&#8217;ve Lost"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fanother-fathers-day-reminds-angel-dads-of-all-theyve-lost%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2617434&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>On Father\u2019s Day, three men-Marcus Coleman, Joe Abraham, and Doug Quets-shared their heartbreaking stories as &#8220;Angel Dads,&#8221; victims of crimes committed by illegal immigrants, which the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) highlighted to emphasize the impact of border security issues. DHS referred to this as \u201cOur Why,\u201d underscoring that violent crimes by illegal aliens have profoundly affected families across the nation. <\/p>\n<p>Marcus Coleman\u2019s daughter, Dalilah, was severely injured in 2024 when an illegal alien driver recklessly struck her with an 18-wheeler, resulting in lifelong disabilities. The family promotes Dalilah\u2019s Law to tighten licensing standards and prevent similar tragedies. Joe Abraham mourns his daughter Katie, who was killed in 2025 by a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >previously deported <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ice-arrests-two-illegal-immigrants-involved-in-two-separate-fatal-car-crashes\/\" title=\"ICE arrests two ... involved in two separate fatal car crashes\">illegal alien driving<\/a> drunk<\/a> at high speed. Abraham criticizes sanctuary policies he blames for endangering lives and advocates for immigration reform. Doug quets recounts the murder of his son Nicholas in Mexico by cartel members,attributing the violence to lax U.S. border policies under Biden. <\/p>\n<p>The article contrasts current policies with the Trump administration\u2019s efforts, which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-house-passed-a-border-solution-a-year-ago-but-senate-democrats-dont-want-it\/\" title=\"A year ago, the House approved a ... solution, but Senate Democrats oppose it\">drastically reduced illegal crossings<\/a>, apprehensions, and drug seizures, and reestablished victim support services like the Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement Office (VOICE), which Biden had shut down. DHS continues to work to prevent tragedies and support crime victims affected by illegal immigration, with these fathers turning their pain into advocacy for stronger border security and legal reforms.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Marcus Coleman, Joe Abraham, and Doug Quets spent this Father\u2019s Day with missing pieces in their hearts.<\/p>\n<p>The three men come from different places, different backgrounds, different experiences, but they all share a broken-hearted bond: They are all Angel Dads \u2014 victims of President Joe Biden\u2019s immigration invasion. They were recognized Sunday as the Department of Homeland Security\u2019s \u201cWhy.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cTHIS IS OUR WHY,\u201d DHS wrote in a press release and post on X, which included photos of fathers with their children, who were seriously hurt or killed in encounters with illegal immigrants. Crimes that never should have happened would not have happened had politicians like Biden put the security of Americans over the cynical politics of mass migration. <\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>As families across the nation celebrate Father\u2019s Day, we honor the fathers, children, and spouses forever changed by violent crimes committed by criminal illegal aliens. <\/p>\n<p>THIS IS OUR WHY. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/adNIgH5p9r\">pic.twitter.com\/adNIgH5p9r<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Homeland Security (@DHSgov) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DHSgov\/status\/2068725481604575548?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 21, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis Father\u2019s Day, the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) honors fathers, children, and spouses forever changed by violent crimes committed by illegal aliens who should have never been in our country,\u201d the press release from DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/news\/2026\/06\/21\/our-why-dhs-honors-angel-dads-fathers-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">states<\/a>. <\/p>\n<h2>Pain Into Purpose and Love Into Action<\/h2>\n<p>Coleman\u2019s daughter, Dalilah, was badly injured in 2024 when an illegal alien driving an 18-wheeler \u201crecklessly\u201d struck the 5-year-old girl, according to DHS. She suffered life-altering injuries in the multiple-vehicle pileup caused by a driver who, DHS said, shouldn\u2019t have been in the country, let alone behind the wheel of a semi-tractor-trailer. <\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Dalilah Coleman is a 1st-grader who was severely injured in a car accident caused by an illegal alien driving a semitruck with a CDL. Her injuries include a traumatic brain injury, Cerebral Palsy, and she will need lifelong care and therapy.  <\/p>\n<p>The driver crossed the border in\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/L290GaiwTs\">pic.twitter.com\/L290GaiwTs<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 The White House (@WhiteHouse) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WhiteHouse\/status\/2026493705394221485?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The family is urging Congress to pass <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/119th-congress\/house-bill\/7793\/text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dalilah\u2019s Law<\/a>, which would <a href=\"https:\/\/barr.house.gov\/2026\/3\/following-trump-s-state-of-the-union-call-barr-introduces-house-dalilah-law-to-secure-our-roads-and-stop-illegals-from-getting-cdls\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">prohibit<\/a> illegal immigrants and unqualified applicants from obtaining commercial driver\u2019s licenses, require English-only license tests, and <a href=\"https:\/\/rouzer.house.gov\/news\/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2766\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">punish<\/a> states that defy the law. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cDalilah changed my life forever,\u201d\u00a0Marcus Coleman told DHS. \u201cShe taught me that being a father is more than providing \u2014 it\u2019s protecting, advocating, and refusing to stay silent when change is needed. This Father\u2019s Day, I honor and stand with every Angel Father who turns his pain into purpose and his love into action.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>As a trucker, I know the life-or-death importance of a properly earned CDL.<\/p>\n<p>When we lower standards, real families like the Colemans pay the price.<\/p>\n<p>Pass Dalilah\u2019s Law. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Bycqvf0Wt9\">https:\/\/t.co\/Bycqvf0Wt9<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Mike Collins (@RepMikeCollins) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RepMikeCollins\/status\/2069055589242560703?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 22, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Joe Abraham\u2019s 20-year-old daughter <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/05\/09\/theres-no-sanctuary-for-family-of-woman-allegedly-killed-by-illegal-alien\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Katie <\/a>was killed by an illegal immigrant in January 2025. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news-gazette.com\/newsletter\/content\/daily_headlines\/marshals-suspect-in-urbana-fatal-crash-had-been-deported\/article_30576db0-d921-11ef-97a3-bf18d1c90c85.html#google_vignette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">previously deported<\/a> foreign national was driving drunk at nearly 80 miles per hour in a residential area of Urbana, Illinois, when his vehicle smashed into the car Katie was riding in. She and another college-aged woman died from their injuries. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis Father\u2019s Day, our family is once again facing the unimaginable reality that Katie is not here,\u201d Abraham said in the DHS press release. \u201cWe should be celebrating her graduation from Ohio University and looking forward to all the milestones still ahead of her. Instead, we carry the weight of everything that was taken from her, and from us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The suburban Chicago father has become a tireless advocate for border security and immigration law reform, and a vocal critic of far-left Illinois <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/03\/24\/this-was-not-random-misfortune-theres-blood-on-jb-pritzkers-hands-again\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Gov. J.B. Pritzker<\/a> and the Democrat-dominated state legislature. The Land of Lincoln\u2019s sanctuary policies, Abraham asserts, have robbed taxpayers and stolen young lives like Katie\u2019s. <\/p>\n<p>Quets\u2019 son Nicholas, a 31-year-old Tucson, Arizona, native and Marine Corps veteran, was murdered during a trip to Mexico by Sinaloa Cartel members while traveling with friends to Rocky Point. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe terrorists, emboldened by failed Biden-era U.S. immigration policies which were weaponized against us, pursued Nick in eleven vehicles stolen from U.S. citizens on both sides of the border,\u201d Quets said in the DHS press release. \u201cAfter identifying him as a U.S. citizen they cowardly shot Nick in the back, through the heart, using weapons smuggled south from the U.S. effectively. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cCartels exploited our uncontrolled border and weaponized our unenforced immigration laws against all of us. While nothing will bring Nick back, we are exceptionally grateful President Trump signed Executive Order 14157 designating Sinaloa and other Mexican cartels as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs),\u201d the father said. <\/p>\n<h2>Giving VOICE<\/h2>\n<p>Trump inherited an absolute mess from his <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/10\/30\/biden-autopen-investigator-playtime-is-over-its-time-to-prosecute\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">autopen predecessor<\/a>. Biden\u2019s open-border policies sparked an illegal immigration invasion of the United States, sapping community resources and compromising homeland security. <\/p>\n<p>Since Trump began his second term DHS has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/homelandsecurity\/posts\/thirteen-straight-months-of-zero-illegal-aliens-released-into-our-nationwe-are-e\/1502580665246440\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported <\/a>13 straight months of zero illegal aliens released into the United States. DHS also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/news\/2026\/05\/15\/trump-administration-delivers-full-year-zero-releases-border\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reports<\/a> that apprehensions per day along the southwest border were 94 percent lower than the monthly average under Biden. As of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/news\/2026\/05\/15\/trump-administration-delivers-full-year-zero-releases-border\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">April<\/a>, \u201ctotal U.S. Border Patrol apprehensions along the southwest border during all of this fiscal year through April were <strong>37%<\/strong> lower than just one month on average from FYs 1992 through 2024.\u201d And \u201cseizures of cocaine, methamphetamine, heroin, fentanyl, and marijuana \u2026 increased 60% from April 2024.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, the Trump administration relaunched the <a href=\"https:\/\/links-1.govdelivery.com\/CL0\/https:%2F%2Fgcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com%2F%3Furl=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.ice.gov%252Fvoice%26data=05%257C02%257CERIC.LENDRUM%2540hq.dhs.gov%257C63238403e96941c1aa6208dece4ea498%257C3ccde76c946d4a12bb7afc9d0842354a%257C0%257C0%257C639175034361333934%257CUnknown%257CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%253D%253D%257C0%257C%257C%257C%26sdata=aIbHzJM7ZC6XUlmziBumHpPyId7B%252BCUberKuLv6eD8I%253D%26reserved=0\/1\/0100019eeaabbd87-09eb23d6-07e3-417e-976a-79cf30ea1409-000000\/0VEUpiJFHtjUw6urWIij-E8Ml_f5rl8Rrhhnsnoabq8=452\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Victims of Immigration Crime Engagement Office<\/a> (VOICE). Biden had shut it down. VOICE provides direct access to illegal alien custody information, victim services, and guidance on legal issues. <\/p>\n<p>DHS said the office over the past year has taken nearly 900 calls \u2014 \u201ceach representing a person seeking help amid trauma with a nexus to immigration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery day, DHS works tirelessly to prevent another tragedy from happening to another family like theirs,\u201d Homeland Security said of the three Angel Dads in its press release. <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Matt Kittle is a senior elections correspondent for The Federalist. An award-winning investigative reporter and 30-year veteran of print, broadcast, and online journalism, Kittle previously served as the executive director of Empower Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Angel Dads honor loved ones lost to illegal immigration<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":656,"featured_media":2617435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-22-at-2.39.07-PM-1024x584.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[81554,39543,81555,81556],"class_list":["post-2617434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-angel-dads","tag-fathers-day","tag-loss-and-grief","tag-parenthood-tribute"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Screenshot-2026-06-22-at-2.39.07-PM-1024x584.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2617434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/656"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2617434"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2617434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2617438,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2617434\/revisions\/2617438"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2617435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2617434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2617434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2617434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}