Sarah Paoletti, CDM’s Board President, is a Practice Professor of Law at the University of Pennsylvania Law School, Director of Penn’s Transnational Legal Clinic, and a Founding Ally for Migrant Justice. Why does Professor Paoletti support CDM? “CDM not only provides critical services that would not otherwise be provided to thousands of migrant workers, but also…
Jeanette Acosta was a fierce advocate for social justice. Jeanette passed away after a brave battle with cervical cancer on December 18, 2017 We profiled Jeanette as a Founding Ally for Migrant Justice because she played a substantial role in establishing CDM’s individual donor program. We’re keeping her profile on our site to remember Jeanette’s…
Coerced under NAFTA: Abuses of Migrant Workers in the TN Visa Program and Recommendations for Reform
US government withdrawal from Global Compact for Migration process abandons commitments and global responsibility Puerto Vallarta, Mexico – December 4, 2017 – The decision by the US government to withdraw from the negotiating process on the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration abandons commitments made by the US government in the New York…
La retirada del gobierno de EE. UU. del Pacto Mundial sobre las migraciones abandona sus compromisos previos y su responsabilidad global Puerto Vallarta, México – 4 de diciembre de 2017 – La decisión del gobierno de Estados Unidos de retirarse del proceso de negociación del Pacto Mundial para la Migración Segura, Ordenada y Regular abandona…
CDM is disgusted that the House Judiciary Committee approved Rep. Bob Goodlatte’s exploitative Agricultural Guestworker Act (AG Act), an anti-immigrant, anti-worker proposal that would further increase the vulnerability of farmworkers in the United States. The AG Act aims to create a new H-2C guestworker program that would slash wages, limit access to justice, and weaken…
Queridas y queridos amigos, Gracias por su solidaridad y buenos deseos después del terremoto del 19 de septiembre en la Ciudad de México. Nuestro equipo está a salvo y muy agradecido por su apoyo. Visita de tres ciudades para lanzar nuestro nuevo informe sobre la desigualdad de género ¡Lanzamos nuestro nuevo informe! “Engendrando la…
Dear Friends, Thank you for your solidarity and good wishes following the September 19 earthquake in Mexico City. Our team is safe and so grateful for your support. Three-City Tour to Launch Our New Report on Gender Inequality We launched our new report! “Engendering Exploitation: Gender Inequality in U.S. Labor Migration Programs” details the deeply entrenched gender…
Queridas y queridos amigos, Este Día del Trabajo, estamos celebrando nuestro aniversario de la manera más maravillosa: nuestro equipo está en San Luis Potosí concluyendo la Reunión Nacional del Comité de Defensa del Migrante del CDM con valientes líderes trabajadores migrantes de todo México. Algunas y algunos miembros, como Adelaido García Pérez y Elisa Martínez…
Dear friends, This Labor Day, we are celebrating our anniversary in the most wonderful way: our team is in San Luis Potosi wrapping up the National Meeting of CDM’s Migrant Defense Committee (Comité de Defensa del Migrante) with courageous migrant worker leaders from all over Mexico. Some of these workers, such as Adelaido Garcia Perez…