Through a 5-year cooperative agreement with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, Inc. (The Center for Migrant’s Rights, or CDM) launched the Protein Processing Worker Project (PPP) to address the disproportionate toll of the COVID-19 pandemic on processing workers and their communities, focusing on Delmarva during the project’s…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 24, 2020 Contact: María Perales (mariap@cdmigrante.org) Evy Peña (evy@cdmigrante.org) BALTIMORE, MD– Today, Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, Inc. (CDM), the American University Washington College of Law Immigrant Justice Clinic, and Georgetown University Law Center’s Federal Legislation Clinic have released, Breaking the Shell: How Maryland’s Migrant Crab Pickers Continue…
We hope you and your loved ones are coping well through these difficult circumstances. Earlier this year, we asked you to “Save the Date” for our 15th anniversary events in Washington, D.C., Mexico City and San Francisco this fall. But given the public health crisis, we’ve decided to focus all of our energy and time…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 30, 2020 Contact: María Perales (mariap@cdmigrante.org) Evy Peña (evy@cdmigrante.org) Atlanta, Georgia — Five Mexican workers recruited to work on temporary H-2B visas have filed a lawsuit against Atlanta-based construction company Precision 2000, its side-company Casa Properties, and the owners of these companies (“Defendants”). Juan Servando Garcia Robelo and four other workers…
Juan Servando traveled from Tlaxcala, Mexico to work with Precision 2000, Inc., a construction company in Georgia, on an H-2B temporary work visa. He wanted to give his three children a better life. Instead, Juan Servando found his workplace conditions to be far from what he was promised. Precision 2000 forced Juan to live in…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 25, 2020 Contact: Marí Perales Sánchez (mariap@cdmigrante.org) Four Star Greenhouse sought to evade responsibility for thousands in wages owed to its workers, benefited from labor trafficking, and allowed workers who complained to be deported by Immigration Authorities. YPSILANTI, MI – Today, six workers from Mexico, who traveled to the U.S. on…
Eduardo y Gerardo, dos trabajadores de México, fueron reclutados para trabajar como trabajadores agrícolas en los Estados Unidos con visas H-2A. Después de pasar semanas sin recibir pago por su trabajo, Eduardo y Gerardo alzaron su voz. En respuesta, el subcontratista de Four Star Greenhouse, un invernadero, los atrajo a ellos y otros seis trabajadores…
Eduardo and Gerardo, two workers from Mexico, had been recruited to work as farmworkers in the United States on H-2A visas. After going weeks without getting paid, Eduardo and Gerardo spoke up. Their employer’s recruitment agent lured them to the local Walmart for a “shopping trip” under the guise of a “housing inspection.” Immigration authorities…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 22, 2020 Contact: Evy Peña (evy@cdmigrante.org) Baltimore, Maryland — Today, former au pair workers Sandra Peters (née Guzman-Reyes) and Tatiana Cuenca filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court, seeking compensatory and punitive damages for breach of contract, unpaid wages, forced labor, and trafficking. Peters and Cuenca allege working hour violations,…
Sandra y Tatiana trabajaron para la misma familia por separado, en 2016 y 2018. Pero su experiencia fue demasiado similar. Mientras trabajaban como au pairs en Maryland, Sandra y Tatiana se vieron obligadas a trabajar más allá de las horas y responsabilidades establecidas en su contrato. Sus empleadores limitaron su acceso a la comida, restringieron…