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…
Hoy, el Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (DHS, por sus siglas en inglés) anunció una política de alivio migratorio para personas trabajadoras migrantes e inmigrantes que enfrentan abuso y defienden sus derechos laborales. Esta política empoderará a las personas trabajadoras para que tomen acción contra los empleadores explotadores al brindarles protecciones migratorias temporales y permiso para trabajar en los EE.…
On December 15, 2022, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (“DHS”) published a temporary final rule (“TFR”) confirming it will once again expand a notoriously abusive work visa program. DHS will issue 64,716 supplemental visas—20,000 to people from Haiti and Northern Central American countries, and just under 45,000 to people who have received H-2B visas…
El derecho a trabajar con dignidad y respeto es un derecho humano fundamental. Ahora más que nunca debemos apoyar a las personas trabajadoras migrantes para que tengan la información y las herramientas necesarias para proteger sus derechos y hacer frente a los abusos laborales. El Comité de Defensa del Migrante (Comité) del CDM, un grupo de más de 100…
The right to work with dignity and respect is a fundamental human right. Now more than ever we must stand with migrant workers to ensure that they have the information and tools they need to protect their rights and stand up to abuse in the workplace. CDM’s Migrant Defense Committee (Comité), a group of…