Unidentified commenter recounts fatal hit-and-run and criticizes Gov. J.B. Pritzker�s immigration response

An unidentified attendee at an unspecified public meeting recounted a fatal hit-and-run and accused Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker of failing victims while defending broad immigration policies.

The speaker said the person who killed "Katie" was Julio Cucobolo, who the speaker described as using an alias and as being unable to read or write English or Spanish. The speaker said the vehicle "barreled into them at 80 miles an hour" and that "Katie died on the scene," and added that the driver fled. Those statements were presented by the commenter as recollection or allegation; the meeting record does not verify them.

The commenter criticized what they called a one-sided compassion toward immigrants and alleged that "he nullifies federal law," referring to Gov. J.B. Pritzker. The speaker said Pritzker "tells Congress that immigration is their purview" and accused the governor of putting forward "his own immigration plan, which is nothing." Those characterizations and the speakers numerical claim that Pritzker "allows hundreds of thousands in" were attributed in the meeting to the speaker and were not substantiated during the remarks.

The commenter asked when advocates would be contacted to go to Springfield to protest the governors policies and contrasted the response to victims such as Katie with other cases the speaker perceived as receiving more public compassion (the speaker referenced ‘‘Renee Goode in Minnesota").

The remarks were delivered by an unnamed individual during public comment; the meeting transcript contains no corroboration of the factual claims made about the crash, the individuals named, or the governors cited actions. The speakers statements are presented here as allegations and direct quotations where indicated.