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February 1, 2017 Vol. 35, No. 24 ONE DOLLAR
JOURNAL of Oak Park and River Forest
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Dominican reaffirms sanctuary campus University president welcomes undocumented students in time of uncertainty By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter
open house format that did not involve a group presentation and question-andanswer session. Instead, residents were left to discuss various aspects of the proposal – including layout, shadow studies and traffic – individually with representatives of the development team.
It’s a time of uncertainty for undocumented immigrants, particularly those who were granted partial citizenship under President Barack Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. The so-called DREAMers in the DACA program could see their status – the program provides protection to undocumented immigrants who entered the U.S. before the age of 16 and before June 2007, including the ability to apply for two-year work permits – reversed if President Donald Trump follows through with his campaign promise to end the program. Dominican University in River Forest is reaffirming its commitment to serve as a sanctuary campus for undocumented students, highlighting a resolution passed by the school’s board of trustees in December. Dominican President Donna Carroll says the resolution formalizes Dominican’s longstanding commitment to immigrant students. Along with its commitment to equal protection for all students, regardless of immigration status, the reso-
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Protestors were out in force at O’Hare International Airport on Jan. 28. to protest President Trump’s ban on refugees from some Middle Eastern Muslim countries. According to the Sun-Times, a man who resides in Oak Park was held and then released after flying into O’Hare.
Hundreds roll out for tower proposal By TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER Staff Reporter
Oak Park residents packed the 19th Century Club Monday night for their first glimpse of a new 18-story luxury apartment building planned for the northwest corner of Lake Street and Forest Avenue – directly across the street from
the 21-story Vantage apartment building completed last year. Roughly 200 residents turned out for the open house put on by Albion Residential, a developer which revealed in January that it plans to demolish the existing two-story brick building at 1010 Lake St. to make room for the project. Many expressed disappointment at the
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