Hoy, Día Internacional del Migrante, marca exactamente 1,000 días desde que las mujeres trabajadoras migrantes, junto con el CDM y docenas de otras organizaciones, presentaron una queja bajo el Tratado entre Estados Unidos, México y Canadá (T-MEC) contra Estados Unidos por discriminación de género en los programas de empleo temporal. En este Día Internacional del Migrante, celebramos la fortaleza de estas mujeres trabajadoras…
Today, International Migrants’ Day, marks exactly 1,000 days since migrant worker women alongside CDM and dozens of other organizations submitted a complaint under the US Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA) against the United States for sex-discrimination in guestworker programs. On this meaningful day, we celebrate the strength of these migrant worker women and the positive ripple effects created by their courageous complaint. By the US government’s own recognition, the women…
Over the past seven days, we’ve celebrated CDM’s Week of Gratitude; seven days where we highlighted some of the people who have helped make this year a very special year for us and a very important year for migrant workers’ rights. But before we close out this Week of Gratitude we want to take a moment to thank…
Durante los últimos siete días, hemos celebrado la Semana de Gratitud en CDM; siete días en los que hemos destacado a algunas personas que han contribuido a que este sea un año muy especial para nosotras y para los derechos de las personas trabajadoras migrantes. Antes de cerrar esta Semana de Gratitud queremos tomar un momento para agradecerte…
November 20, 2023 We did it! With contributions from dozens of workers, CDM and Migration that Works (a coalition of labor, migration, civil rights, anti-trafficking organizations and academics chaired by CDM) submitted a total of FIVE(!) extensive comments in support of the proposed rules to the H-2 guestworker programs. We just submitted the last three…
November 20, 2023 Submitted through: https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/USCIS-2023-0012-0001 To: Alejandro N. Mayorkas, Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security Re: Modernizing H-2 Program Requirements, Oversight, and Worker Protections, Doc. No. USCIS-2023-0012-0001, 88 Fed. Reg. 65040 (September 20, 2023) Dear Secretary Mayorkas and Chief Nimick: Centro de los Derechos de Migrante, Inc. (CDM) writes in support of key changes…
Doc. No. ETA-2023-0003 Improving Protections for Workers in Temporary Agricultural Employment in the United States November 14, 2023 Dear Acting Secretary Su: Centro de los Derechos de Migrante, Inc. (CDM) supports the changes in the Department of Labor’s proposed rule “Improving Protections for Workers in Temporary Agricultural Employment in the United States.” The proposed changes…
Engracia Hernández-García was employed as a domestic worker in the United States for a period of seven years while on a B-1 visa. In 2021, Engracia brought a lawsuit against her former employers alleging violations of state and federal laws. The defendants denied (and continue to deny) the facts and liability as alleged by Ms.…
El 19 de octubre de 2023, el Grupo de Trabajo de Protección de Personas Trabajadoras H-2B de la Casa Blanca publicó un informe muy esperado que adopta muchas de las recomendaciones de políticas críticas que CDM hizo y cita la investigación de CDM. Este anuncio se produce poco después de las nuevas reglas propuestas por…
On October 19, 2023, the White House H-2B Worker Protection Taskforce published a long-awaited report adopting many of the critical policy recommendations that CDM made and citing CDM’s research. This announcement follows on the heels of the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Department of Labor (DOL)’s proposed new rules for the H-2A and…