Chicago-Area College Paper Launches ‘ICE Tracker’ to Impede Immigration Enforcement Just Days After Illegal Alien Murdered Local University Freshman Sheridan Gorman

The student newspaper at Dominican University, located just west of Chicago, has launched an “ICE Tracker” mapping Immigration and Customs Enforcement activity in surrounding neighborhoods, just days after an illegal alien from Venezuela was charged in the murder of 18-year-old Loyola University Chicago freshman Sheridan Gorman.

The Dominican Star announced its effort to impede immigration enforcement on Wednesday.

The paper said it was directly inspired by a similar tracker created last fall by The Loyola Phoenix, the student newspaper at Gorman’s university.

Staff from the two papers even met to share details on how to build and operate the tool.

“We became inspired by their initiative and decided to create our own addition to serve the Dominican University community,” the Dominican Star editorial team wrote. “After having a meeting with [Loyola Phoenix editor-in-chief Lilli Malone and managing editor Julia Pentasuglio], we gathered more information to make this launch possible.”

The tracker consists of an online map with pins marking confirmed ICE activity.

Readers are asked to submit tips via the paper’s Instagram, Facebook, or email, including photos or videos taken from a safe distance, along with the location, time, number of agents, and vehicle details if possible.

The paper’s staff says it will verify reports before adding them to the map and will also monitor local community Facebook groups for additional sightings.

The launch comes amid intense national attention on the killing of Gorman.

On the night of March 19, the 18-year-old student was shot and killed while walking with friends near the pier at Tobey Prinz Beach in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood.

Chicago police say 25-year-old Jose Medina-Medina, a Venezuelan national, approached the group wearing dark clothing and a mask, produced a handgun, and fired.

Gorman was struck in the back; the bullet exited through her neck.

She was pronounced dead at the scene.

Authorities have described the shooting as random and have charged Medina-Medina with first-degree murder, attempted murder, and aggravated discharge of a firearm. He remains in custody.

The Department of Homeland Security confirmed that Medina-Medina is a “Venezuelan criminal illegal alien” who was apprehended by U.S. Border Patrol on May 9, 2023, and released into the United States under Biden administration policies.

One month later, he was arrested for shoplifting in Chicago but was released again.

ICE has lodged a detainer requesting that he be turned over to federal immigration authorities after any state proceedings conclude.

The Dominican Star’s announcement did not mention Gorman’s murder.

The Loyola Phoenix, whose own student was the victim, had already been running its ICE tracker since October 2025 and continues to promote it.

The paper drew criticism earlier this month after it posted, and then quickly removed, a social-media headline that referred to the suspect as an “Immigrant Man Charged in Murder of Sheridan Gorman, DHS Involved.”

An editor’s note later explained that the wording “didn’t reflect the most important elements in the story” and was taken down “to prevent any further harm to affected community members.”

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