February 4, 2024 This weekend, FIFA released the much-anticipated match schedule for the 2026 Men’s World Cup, which will be held across 16 cities in the United States, Mexico, and Canada. As planning accelerates in these host cities, event organizers will now be making critical decisions on tournament operations, including for Fan Fests, transportation, concessions,…
January 27, 2024 Submitted through: https://www.regulations.gov/commenton/DOS-2023-0025-0001 Re: Exchange Visitor Program–Au Pair, Doc. No. DOS-2023-0025-0001, 88 Fed. Reg. 74071, RIN 1400–AF12 (October 29, 2023) Dear Director Ward: Centro de los Derechos de Migrante, Inc. (CDM) writes to provide input on the Department of State’s proposed rules for the au pair program. While we applaud…
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…
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…
I am honored to share that CDM was just awarded the Presidential Award for Extraordinary Efforts to Combat Trafficking in Persons. The award ceremony happened a few moments ago during the annual meeting of the President’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (PITF). The ceremony included Senior White House officials and…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 13, 2023 Contact: Francisco Díaz Pinelo francisco@cdmigrante.org Centro de los Derechos del Migrante receives the Presidential Award for Extraordinary Efforts to Combat Trafficking in Persons. Washington D.C., Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, Inc. (CDM), a Baltimore-based migrant workers’ rights organization, received the Presidential Award for Extraordinary Efforts…
Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced an immigration relief policy for migrant and immigrant workers who face abuse and defend their workplace rights. This policy will empower workers to speak out and take action against exploitative employers by providing them temporary immigration protections and permission to work in the US when raising their voice against unsafe and…