En este Día del Trabajo de Estados Unidos, estamos celebrando el decimosexto aniversario de CDM. Y estoy muy emocionada de empezar este mes de festejos de la mano con un poderoso líder migrante con el que empezamos nuestro camino: Juan Antonio Maldonado. Cuando trabajaba como abogada de servicios legales en Florida, tuve la oportunidad de…
On this Labor Day, we’re celebrating CDM’s 16th anniversary. And I’m thrilled to kick off our month-long celebrations with one of the powerful migrant leaders with whom we started our journey: Juan Antonio Maldonado. While working as a legal services attorney in Florida, I represented migrant workers in employment and civil rights cases. Determined to…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 17, 2021 CONTACT: Mari Perales Sánchez | mariap@cdmigrante.org Judge Hanen’s Decision on DACA is a Continuance of Attacks on Immigrant Families – Permanent Legislative Protection and Strong Agency Accountability is Imperative Baltimore, MD – Texas Federal Judge Hanen has ruled to stop DACA approvals for new applicants. DACA…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 9, 2021 Contact: Sulma Guzman, sulma@cdmigrante.org Introduction of the Farm Workforce Modernization Act is Monumental BALTIMORE, MD — Last week, U.S. Representatives Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) and Dan Newhouse (R-WA) reintroduced the Farm Workforce Modernization Act, H.R. 1537, a proposal that would provide immigration relief to millions of farmworkers in the…
PARA PUBLICACIÓN INMEDIATA: 2 de marzo de 2021 Contacto: Evy Peña, evy@cdmigrante.org Un Programa Bracero 2.0 NO es una respuesta humanitaria a la migración laboral México-Estados Unidos El presidente estadounidense Joe Biden y el presidente mexicano Andrés Manuel López Obrador sostuvieron una muy anticipada reunión bilateral para hablar, entre otros temas, de una propuesta…
For immediate release: March 1, 2021 Contact: Evy Peña, evy@cdmigrante.org Bracero 2.0 is not a humane response to MX-USA labor migration Today, President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador met in a highly publicized meeting to discuss among other things a proposal for a labor migration program between the two…
PARA PUBLICACIÓN INMEDIATA 18 de febrero de 2021 Contacto: Sulma Guzmán, sulma@cdmigrante.org El Centro de los Derechos del Migrante celebra la inclusión de lxs trabajadorxs migrantes en el audaz proyecto de ley de inmigración del presidente Biden BALTIMORE, MARYLAND – Hoy, el senador Robert Menendez (D-NJ) y la representante de…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 18, 2021 Contact: Sulma Guzmán, sulma@cdmigrante.org Centro de los Derechos del Migrante Applauds the Inclusion of Migrant Workers in President Biden’s Bold Immigration Bill BALTIMORE, MARYLAND — Today, Sen. Robert Menendez (D-NJ) and U.S. Rep. Linda Sanchez (D-CA) introduced President Biden’s proposal — the U.S. Citizenship Act of 2021 — in…
We’re counting on Marylanders to tell legislators just how transformational SB 742 will be — join us Friday, February 21 in Annapolis! We’ll gather in the Senate Office Building at 9am to sign postcards and meet with legislators to share why SB 742 is important for migrant workers. Together we can deliver the message to…
We have exciting news! Last week Maryland State Senator Susan Lee, a champion for labor trafficking survivors, introduced SB 742 – The Fair Recruitment and Transparency Act in the Maryland legislature. CDM is working with the Maryland Catholic Conference and many other partners in this effort to ensure migrant workers are treated fairly! We have…