More reactions to some of the proposed "English as official language" laws. DP
Immigrants in Carpentersville feel sting of ‘English-only’ proposal
BY ESTHER J. CEPEDA, Staff Reporter
Suntimes.com: Doraceli Ortega had nothing but hope for her young family when she and her husband bought their first home in Carpentersville two years ago. They and their two children had moved from Wauconda to be closer to Filyalberto's factory job and to settle in a Hispanic community.
Now, like many other Hispanics living in far northwest suburban Carpentersville, a town of about 35,000, Ortega is scared.
She finds herself living in a place where she says she and others in the Hispanic community, which has grown from 16 percent to 40 percent of the population in the last 15 years, might one day be targeted by village ordinances that some say seek to curb the influx of illegal immigrants.
The ordinances are thought to be the first of their kind to be introduced in Illinois.
"We're all a little alarmed," Ortega, 24, said in Spanish. "Already, I have a neighbor who tells us to go back to Mexico. I feel scared just to say 'hi' to people."
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