Dominican University, which maintains both a Chicago campus and a nearby suburban campus, maintains a ”Sanctuary Campus Covenant” that declares the school’s refusal to “cooperate in any law enforcement action based on immigration status.”
A trained “Front Door Team” is instructed to intercept law enforcement and uphold sanctuary policy rather than comply with immigration enforcement actions. The campus will not work with federal authorities and will not “inquire into any student’s immigration status.”
The campus also provides ”safe spaces” for illegal immigrants to “gather, receive resources, and guidance,” including access to scholarships, legal services and emergency funds.
Dominican’s Center for Cultural Liberation has hosted free legal clinics to illegal alien students and their family members, according to the university’s student-led newspaper, the Dominican Star.
The campus also provides “career resources for undocumented students” who are not legally permitted to work in the United States, providing guidance on when to hide or share immigration status in job interviews or applications.
During the first Trump administration, Dominican University ‘s Board of Trustees passed a resolution officially declaring it a sanctuary campus to support illegal alien students. The Sanctuary Campus Covenant says the private Catholic university is “committed to social justice,” vows to protect “any and all students targeted by those in power,” and directs the campus to “cultivate an activist approach” in providing resources and protections to illegal aliens. The resolution was renewed in 2020 and extends to today.
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