Waukegan immigrants wary of city effort to enforce federal law – Chicago area
Tagged: Chicago, Illinois, populationPosted on: November 19th, 2007
Waukegan officials have a vision of remaking their blue-collar suburb 30 miles north of Chicago by promoting its historic downtown and lakeside location as a destination for jobs, housing, shopping and entertainment.
But other redevelopment already has taken root — businesses that cater to the city’s burgeoning immigrant population. Hispanics now represent more than half of the city’s 88,500 residents.
Despite their numbers, the newcomers feel anything but welcome.”*
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Filed Under: 1. Hispanic News, Additional News, Community, Immigration
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