Rumors of illegal immigrant roundups are running rampant through Alamance County in light of the week’s controversy surrounding the arrest of Marxavi Angel Martinez.

But here’s an interesting point of view from one illegal immigrant:

Damaris, 28, said she heard recently on a Spanish newscast that there will be raids in Charlotte as well this weekend. She said people are also saying that ICE agents are going to arrest people at their houses. Though she wouldn’t like to be deported, Damaris, who is from Guatemala, said that is a risk of being in the country illegally.

“This is not my country,” she said, adding that she came to America looking for work five years ago. She said she has no opinion about the recent events in the county. “This is their country,” she said of federal authorities and other law enforcement. “They are doing what they consider to be right.”