International Migrants Day 2018

Today, on International Migrants Day, we’re thinking of Jesús and Rigoberto — they’re closing 2018 on a high note. Jesús Silva and Rigoberto Zepeda reached out to us two years ago when they faced abuse while working in the forestry industry with H-2B visas. But now we’re celebrating: we just settled their case alongside our allies at California…

Worker Leaders Hold National Meeting

It’s been a month since we launched our new report, Fake Jobs For Sale: Analyzing Fraud and Advancing Transparency in U.S. Labor Recruitment.   For members of CDM’s Migrant Defense Committee (“Comité”), a group of over 80 worker leaders and their families, recruitment fraud is part of everyday life. And now, their commitment to combat fraud is stronger…

Migrant Defense Committee Speaks Up

Members of the Migrant Defense Committee (“Comité”), a group of migrant leaders and their families supported by Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, Inc. (CDM), gathered for their National Meeting in October 2018. They issued the following statement: We are here  because we want our voices to be heard; because telling our stories is power.…

Combatting Recruitment Fraud

Millions Stolen from Migrant Workers in Fake Job Scams (Mexico City, Mexico)—For migrant workers from around the world, a job offer in the United States can promise a higher wage and an opportunity to provide for their family. But for unscrupulous and fraudulent labor contractors, ploying prospective workers with false employment offers in the United…

Derechos de personas migrantes bajo AEUMC

Durante los últimos 477 días, hemos luchado para fortalecer los derechos laborales en el acuerdo comercial renegociado. Hemos organizado personas trabajadoras y aliados a lo largo del corredor trinacional para convencer a los negociadores de que el comercio y el trabajo están inextricablemente conectados. Valió la pena.   Anoche, nos enteramos que los negociadores escucharon…

Migrant workers’ rights in USMCA

Over the last 477 days, we’ve fought to strengthen labor rights in the renegotiated trade agreement. We’ve organized workers and allies across the trinational corridor to convince negotiators that trade and labor are inextricably connected. It was worth it.   Late last night, we learned that negotiators listened to our demands. The full text of the new…

Foro (de)Fraude

¡Acompáñanos a combatir el fraude en el reclutamiento de personas migrantes! La falta de transparencia y rendición de cuentas en el proceso de reclutamiento internacional nutre el negocio de empleos los empleos falsos: estafadores en todo México fabrican ofertas de trabajo inexistentes en los Estados Unidos para defraudar a personas buscando empleo. En años recientes,…