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January 12, 2011 Ì M artin L uth er K ing J r . Page 15 © 2011 sp ecia l eoiiion New Prices Effective May 1,2010 Martin Cleaning Service Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning Residential & Commercial Services Minimum Service CHG $45.00 A sm all distance/travel charge m ay be applied CARPET CLEANING 2 Cleaning Areas or more $30.00 Each Area Pre-Spray Traffic Areas (In c lu d e s : 1 s m a ll H a llw a y ) 1 Cleaning Area (only) $40.00 Includes Pre-Spray Traffic Area (H allw ay Extra) The Con to Criminalize Immigrants Corrections Corp, of America puts profits over human rights w ork w as sent to an out-of-date address. A l E nforcem ent, the D epartm ent o f H o m eland Se though Pedro G uzm an Perez cam e to the U. S. as curity, both houses o f C ongress, and oth er an eig h t-y ear-o ld child, is m arried to a U.S. governm ent bodies. Five o f C C A 's m ost lucra citizen, and has an A m erican-born son, he has tive contracts w ith IC E have no end date. A nd been held in detention for the past 15 as a result, less funding is going to im m igration m onths as his case is processed. policies that m eet basic hum an rights standards. by C atalina N ieto In the m eantim e, life in a detention M eanw hile, C C A ex ecu tiv es, w ho refer to T he only tim e four-year-old Logan cen ter can be h arsher than federal lock detained im m igrants as "product," are set to got to play h ide-and-seek w ith his dad up. The Stfcwart D etention C enter is run reap huge profits. this y ear w as through a Plexiglass w in by C orrections C orporation o f A m erica In addition to directing funding tow ards e n dow at the Stew art D etention C enter in (C C A ). The com pany prioritizes its profit forcem ent-only policies that crim inalize im m i L um pkin, G a., nine hours from his hom etow n. m argin over m aintaining m inim um standards for grants, C C A lobbies for im m igration policies A person m ight be detained in a for-profit health care. As a result, thousands o f detainees that get m ore u ndocum ented residents locked cen ter like S tew art for any num ber o f reasons, across the country are left suffering in prison up and thus fill em pty beds. In fact, N PR u n co v m any o f them bureaucratic. Som e detainees cells w ithout access to sufficient m edical atten ered the com pany's role not only in lobbying for w ere seeking refuge in the U nited States as tion. In M arch 2009, Stew art detainee R oberto the anti-im m igrant law in A rizona, but also in victim s o f U .S .-sponsored m ilitary training and M artinez M edina died o f sim ple infection that drafting it. C C A already has six detention c e n atrocities in Latin A m erica. O ther detainees are w ent untreated at the detention center. Pedro's ters in A rizona. For C C A , im m igration c ra ck farm ers, w hose only econom ically viable option fellow prisoners have resorted to hunger strikes dow n law s like A rizo n a’s m ean big bucks. w as to find w ork in the U nited States in order to to call for b etter conditions. "W e've never seen the w ind at o u r back like provide for their fam ilies. T rade policies b en efi "Y ou show me a for-profit prison and I'll show it is today," C C A 's president and C E O John D. cial to A m erican agribusiness are often at the you a hum an rights violation," said one form er Ferguson said after discussing $1.3 billion in root o f this type o f m igration. Im m igration and Naturalization Service com m is revenue during a conference call w ith investors. In L ogan's dad's case, the issue w as b u reau sioner at a 2009 panel on im m igration detention. T he federal governm ent is spending $60.50 per cratic: his elderly m other becam e confused d u r C C A 's executive team w asn't alw ays sw im inm ate per day at the detention center. ing a residency interview and the official p ap er m ing in m oney. In 1999, independent auditors A nd that's too bad fo r kids like L ogan, w ho d o u b te d C C A c o u ld d id n ’t get to spend C hristm as w ith his dad again even stay in business in D ecem ber. | a fte r the c o rp o ra tio n "E m otionally, it's really hard and m entally Attn\ Subscriptions, T he | suffered a net loss o f draining. I don't see m y w ife very often," Pedro $60.00 for 6 months $110.00 for 1 year Portland O bserver, PO Box | $72 m illion, prim arily told the A tlanta Jo u rn al-C o n stitu tio n follow ing $200.00 for 2 years (please include check with form) 3137, Portland OR 97208. due to beds left em pty a vigil at the S tew art D etention C enter. "For my in its detention centers. son, I w ant to be there. I w ant to play w ith him ...I ame T hen C C A began to can n o t sm ell him and feel his skin and give him lobby for harsher im m i a hug. I w ish I could have that tim e." elephone gration policies. From Every additional day L ogan's dad languishes ddress January 2008 to A pril in at the S tew art D etention C enter, a fam ily is 2010, C C A spent $4.4 further tom apart and C C A 's profit m argin grow s. C atalina N ieto is the N a tio n a l G rassroots o r em a il subscriptions@ portlandobserver.com | m illion lobbying Im m i g ratio n and C u sto m s O rg a n izer with W itness f o r Peace. 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