{"id":121700,"date":"2026-02-20T10:40:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T15:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/catholic-illinois-university-goes-remote-for-some-classes-after-ice-presence-sparks-concern-121700"},"modified":"2026-02-20T10:40:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T15:40:24","slug":"catholic-illinois-university-goes-remote-for-some-classes-after-ice-presence-sparks-concern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/catholic-illinois-university-goes-remote-for-some-classes-after-ice-presence-sparks-concern-121700","title":{"rendered":"Catholic Illinois university goes remote for some classes after ICE presence sparks concern"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>A campus of an Illinois Catholic university is moving classes to &#8220;alternative formats or locations&#8221; after learning that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/immigration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)<\/u><\/a> is renting office space in the same building as one of its sites.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;All Session I classes and activities originally scheduled at its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/midwest\/illinois\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oak Brook location<\/a> (1111 W 22nd Street) will shift to alternative formats or locations due to ongoing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement&#8217;s (ICE) administrative operations occurring at the site,&#8221; a Thursday email from Lewis University, obtained by Fox News Digital, read.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a Sunday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/illinois-university-moves-classes-online-after-learning-ice-operating-same-building\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>announcement<\/u><\/a>, the university said that all in-person classes at the university\u2019s Oak Brook location from Feb. 16 to 21 will &#8220;transition to online delivery where possible.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/ice-officer-who-shot-minnesota-woman-dragged-car-illegal-alien-sex-offender-months-earlier\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>ICE OFFICER WHO SHOT MINNESOTA WOMAN WAS DRAGGED BY CAR OF ILLEGAL ALIEN SEX OFFENDER MONTHS EARLIER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Lewis University told Fox News Digital that updates would be forthcoming about their operations at Oak Brook beyond Feb. 21.<\/p>\n<p>The Thursday email update announced that, &#8220;All\u202fin-person\u202factivities scheduled at Oak Brook during Session I of the Spring Semester (January 20\u2013March 14, 2026) will be transitioned,&#8221; with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/education\/college\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">College of Business classes<\/a> going fully online and the radiography program turning to a hybrid of online and in-person classes at alternative locations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The temporary change is aligned with <u>Lewis University\u2019s Catholic and Lasallian mission<\/u>,&#8221; the email read. &#8220;It calls us to foster a <u>respectful, supportive, and inclusive environment<\/u> where every individual is valued and treated with dignity. This commitment guides our decision-making, particularly when circumstances arise that may cause concern or disruption for members of our community.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-dhs-hammers-dem-governors-portal-track-ice-agents-encourages-violence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>TRUMP DHS HAMMERS DEM GOVERNOR\u2019S PORTAL TO TRACK ICE AGENTS: &#8216;ENCOURAGES VIOLENCE&#8217;<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Tensions over ICE have risen following <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/911-transcripts-documents-detail-chaotic-scene-after-ice-agent-fatally-shot-renee-good\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><u>the <\/u><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/new-video-shows-minutes-leading-up-deadly-minneapolis-ice-shooting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">death of Renee Nicole Good<\/a>, who was shot and killed on Jan. 7 by an ICE agent after she allegedly attempted to ram an officer with her vehicle after refusing to exit it. Protests against <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/immigration\/enforcement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">federal agents<\/a> have continued to escalate since Alex Pretti was shot and killed on Jan. 24.<\/p>\n<p>In January, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dhs.gov\/news\/2026\/01\/08\/radical-rhetoric-sanctuary-politicians-leads-unprecedented-1300-increase-assaults\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>ICE reported<\/u><\/a> that it has had an over 1,300% increase in assaults, a 3,200% increase in vehicle attacks aimed at officers and an 8,000% increase in death threats.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fox News Digital<\/a> reached out to ICE for comment and Lewis University for additional comment.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/woman-seen-video-allegedly-blocking-minnesota-ice-operation-car-agitators-surround-agents\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><u>WOMAN SEEN ON VIDEO ALLEGEDLY BLOCKING MINNESOTA ICE OPERATION WITH CAR AS AGITATORS SURROUND AGENTS<\/u><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/catholic-illinois-university-goes-remote-some-classes-after-ice-presence-sparks-concern\">Source &#8211; https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/catholic-illinois-university-goes-remote-some-classes-after-ice-presence-sparks-concern <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A campus of an Illinois Catholic university is moving classes to &#8220;alternative formats or locations&#8221; after learning that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"twitter_2902945987_2902945987":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[16563],"tags":[],"stock_ticker":[],"class_list":["post-121700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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