January 27, 2026
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
Francisco Díaz Pinelo
Communications and Media Relations Lead
CDM urges Senate to stand up for decency and workers’ rights
Centro de los Derechos del Migrante (CDM) strongly opposes additional funding for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and urges the Senate Appropriations Committee members to VOTE NO on the FY 2026 Consolidated Appropriations Act. This bill would significantly increase funding for DHS’s violent immigration enforcement activities and reduce oversight of guestworker programs that are already rife with abuse.
The provisions included in this bill would allow the Trump administration to continue and intensify its cruel —and even deadly— attacks on workers and communities across the United States by increasing funding for ICE’s unchecked and violent immigration enforcement, undermining federal oversight over guestworker visa programs, and rolling back safeguards that protect guestworkers and U.S.-based workers alike.
CDM urges Senate Appropriations Committee members to:
1. Reject any additional funding to Department of Homeland Security’s cruel immigration enforcement activities, and
2. Remove H-2B language that would expand abusive guestworker programs and roll back hard-earned worker protections.
Today and always, CDM will continue to oppose any initiatives like this one that increase ICE’s capacity to militarize and terrorize our communities, curtail the Department of Labor’s capacity to protect the rights of guestworkers and U.S.-based workers, expand the flawed and abusive international guestworker programs and empower employers to drive down wages for all workers.
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Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, Inc (CDM) envisions a world where migrant workers’ rights are respected, and laws and policies reflect their voices. Through education, outreach, and leadership development; intake, evaluation, and referral services; litigation support and direct representation; and policy advocacy; CDM empowers migrant workers to defend and protect their rights as they move between their home communities in Mexico and their workplaces in the United States.