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Page 6 New Prices Effective May 1, 2014 Martin Cleaning Service August 26, 2015 O PINION Carpet & Upholstery Cleaning Residential & Commercial Services Minimum Service CHG. $45.00 $VPDOOGLVWDQFHWUDYHO charge may be applied CARPET CLEANING 2 Cleaning Areas or more $30.00 Each Area 3UH6SUD\7UDI¿F$UHDV (Includes: 1 small Hallway) 1 Cleaning Area (only) $40.00 ,QFOXGHV3UH6SUD\7UDI¿F$UHD (Hallway Extra) Stairs (12-16 stairs - With Other Services) Area/Oriental Rugs $25.00 Minimum Area/Oriental Rugs (Wool) $40.00 Minimum Heavily Soiled Area Additional $10.00 each area (Requiring Extensive Pre-Spraying) UPHOLSTERY CLEANING 6RID /RYHVHDW 6HFWLRQDO &KDLURU5HFOLQHU $25 - $49 Throw Pillows (With Other Services) ADDITIONAL SERVICES • Area & Oriental Rug Cleaning $XWR%RDW59&OHDQLQJ • Deodorizing & Pet Odor Treatment • Spot & Stain Removal Service • Scotchguard Protection • Minor Water Damage Services SEE CURRENT FLYER FOR ADDITIONAL PRICES & SERVICES Call for Appointment (503) 281-3949 Sanctuary Cities have Roots with Faith Communities The increased attacks on immigrants N OEL A NDERSON The House of Rep- resentatives recently voted to punish cit- ies with community policing efforts. H.R. 3009, The Enforce the Law for Sanctu- ary Cities Act passed with a divided vote – 235 Republicans to 174 Demo- FUDWVDQGH[SRVHVDZLOOLQJQHVV RI5HSXEOLFDQVWRH[SORLWDWUDJ- edy in San Francisco for their own anti-immigrant agenda. Sanctuary policies means local police shouldn’t enforce immigration, and according to the Constitution, immigration should only be enforced at the federal level. Sanctuary cities have their roots with faith communities who helped create the Sanctuary Movement of the 1980s saving BY thousands of Central Ameri- FDQV OLYHV ZKR ÀHG FLYLO ZDU but were not recognized by the U.S. government as political refugees. Deportation for them meant being turned over to death squads after repatria- sq WLRQ$ QHWZRUN RI ¿YH WLR hundred churches grew hu into an underground in railroad to create refuge ra IRUWKRVHÀHHLQJZDU IR In the current era of mass deportation two million people tw ZHUH G GHSRUWHG RYHU WKH ODVW VL[ years. This system depended on the “Secure Communities” program wherein local police would detain people for Immi- gration Customs Enforcement. However, these ICE “hold” requests were found unconsti- tutional by a federal court in Oregon in 2014. Three hundred and twenty jurisdictions have passed policies to stop honor- ing ICE detainer requests. Law HQIRUFHPHQW RI¿FLDOV WKURXJK- out the country agree that part of ensuring public safety for everyone means immigrants who are witnesses or victims of crimes should not be afraid to talk to local police. So why would Congress sup- port this anti-immigrant legis- lation? As we learn more about how mass incarceration works in the era of “colorblindness,” it is abundantly clear that the lan- guage of legality is being used as a new code of racial bias. Decision makers don’t use racial slurs like the 1954 “Op- eration Wetback” anymore; in- stead they say “illegal criminal aliens.” The social construction of “other” relies on a system that UDFLDOO\ SUR¿OHV WDUJHWV ORZLQ- come populations, and then criminalizes people of color. Some Senators want to make all acts of re-entering the United States after deportation a manda- WRU\ PLQLPXP VHQWHQFH RI ¿YH years. Those who have been sep- arated from their families by the unjust and immoral mass depor- tation system would be further punished if they chose to reunite with their family by crossing the border. As mass incarceration grows in a country with over 2 mil- lion people locked up, why are we talking about incarcerating more people? The private pris- RQ LQGXVWULDO FRPSOH[ GHSHQGV RQ FRQWLQXDO JURZWK WR H[SDQG WKHLU SUR¿W PDUJLQV ,Q WKH ODVW VL[ \HDUV DORQH FRPSDQLHV OLNH Geo Group and Corrections Cor- poration of America put eleven million dollars into lobbying Congress. The more beds that DUH ¿OOHG WKH PRUH PRQH\ WKH\ make. As we learn more about the roots of the attacks on Sanctuary cities and their connections to mass incarceration, let us work together from the tradition of the Sanctuary movement to stop these harmful and discriminato- ry policies. Noel Anderson is the nation- al grassroots coordinator for Justice Ministries in the United Church of Christ.
