Oak Park is poised to follow in the footsteps of Chicago and Evanston in adopting an ordinance or executive order prohibiting federal agents from using village property to help conduct immigration related law enforcement activity.

Village officials have already been monitoring the Village Hall parking lot to make sure federal agents are not using it to gather as they were reported to have done one morning last month. The Village Board also wants to work with other units of local government to inform Oak Park residents of what they can do to protect people who might be targeted by federal immigration officers.

“Resistance is necessary,” Oak Park village President Vicki Scaman said Oct. 21 at a Village Board meeting when the issue was discussed.

“We have a very caring community,” Scaman s

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