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Page 6 ÿtortlanb (Observer December 3, 2014 New Prices Effective May 1,2010 Martin Cleaning Service _ h ' t o iv e . Atey&iR TTRep? yoi/R. /KIIS/.ÌM KOtyAH FF ë S î cetJT Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning Residential & Commercial Services y Minimum Service CHG. $45.00 -m e se , TrtBjA 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 (Includes: 1 sm all H allw ay) 1 Cleaning Area (only) $40.00 Includes Pre-Spray Traffic Area (Hallway Extra) Stairs (12-16 stairs - With Other Services): $25.00 Area/Oriental Rugs: $25.00 Minimum Area/Oriental Rugs (Wool): $40.00Minimum Heavily Soiled Area: Additional $10.00 each area (RequiringExtensivePie-Spraying) UPHOLSTERY CLEANING Sofa: $69.00 Loveseat: $49.00 Sectional: $ 109 - $ 139 Chair or Recliner; $25 - $49 Throw Pillows (With Other Services): $5.00 ADDITIONAL SERVICES • Area & Oriental Rug Cleaning • Auto/Boat/RV Cleaning • Deodorizing & Pet - x Odor Treatment • Spot & Stain Removal Service • Scotchguard Protection • Minor Water Damage Services SEE CURRENT FLYER FOR ADDITIONAL PRICES & SERVICES Call for Appointment (503) 281-3949 Immigration Action Doesn’t Go Far Enough Workers who deserve to live without fear of deportation by D iana A nahi T orres Inocencio Vernal has picked broccoli, sweet potatoes, corn, and celery in U.S. farms for more than 25 years. This holiday sea son, you might end up feasting on the fruits of his labor. Yet Vernal, like 53 percent of farmworkers, is undocumented. This means that he can’t pick your vegetables legally, travel to Mexico to visit his ailing fam ily members, or even drive a truck without fear of deporta tion. Undocum ented workers aren’t the only ones who suffer because of our broken immi gration system. Thousands of U.S. citizen children live in fear of losing their parents due to immigration enforcement opera tions. Their fears are rooted in real ity. Immigration and Customs Enforcement deported more of deportation. Applicants were easier for thousands of foreign than 72,000 parents of U.S.- only eligible if they’d arrived workers. born children last year. As a here before June 2007 and be Although I applaud Obama’s result, over 5,000 U.S. kids fore they turned 16. executive action, I don’t think it landed in foster care. That program, known as De goes far enough. Diane Guerrero, an actress in ferred Action for Childhood Ar Farmworkers like Vernal, the hit series Orange rivals, is still in force. who have made significant con Is the New Black, Obama’s latest executive ac tributions to their communities experienced this tion simply extended that re for most of their lives, don’t painful kind of sepa- prieve to the law-abiding par qualify for reprieve unless ration herself. When ents of U.S. citizens and per they’ve lived in the United States she was 14, the U.S. manent residents who have lived for five years and have kids governm ent de here for at least five years. He who are U.S. citizens or perma ported Guerrero’s parents, and also widened the criteria for nent residents with green cards. she wound up living with family deferred action eligibility and In addition, Obama’s fix is friends. made it easier for the spouses temporary and provides no path “It’s tough,” she told CNN. of lawful residents to get a green to citizenship. “It’s like we’ve been separated card. “I don’t have the authority to for so long, I feel like sometimes High-tech foreign workers do some really important re we don’t know each other... And will also benefit from the ex forms,” Obama admitted. “We there are things about them that ecutive action. Foreign students should be creating new pro are new that I don’t recognize, who graduate with a Science, grams for farmworkers... add and it just — it hurts.” Technology, Engineering and ing visas for the high-tech sec With Congress stonewalling Mathematics degree will get tor... creating a pathway to citi on immigration reform, stories more opportunities to work here zenship. But only Congress can like these inspired President after graduation, and foreign en do that.” Barack Obama to tackle the bro trepreneurs will find it easier to This is a nation of immigrants. ken immigration system on his establish U.S. businesses. Congress must stop dawdling own. All told, these measures will and start addressing the immi In 2012, Obama took the first grant about 5 million undocu gration crisis. steps by giving 1.2 million un mented immigrants the right to Diana Anahi Torres is the documented teens and young legally work and live in the- New Mexico Fellow at the Insti adults temporary work permits United States for the next three tute for Policy Studies in Wash and a reprieve from the threat years. And they will make life ington, D.C.
