In the Implementation of California Anti-Trafficking Law, Government to Leave Most Migrant Workers Unprotected

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(Oakland, California) — Today, migrant worker leaders, advocates, and experts will appear at a hearing before the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE) to demand that the California Labor Commissioner protect internationally recruited workers from recruitment abuses and human trafficking. The Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking (CAST), the bill’s original sponsor, and Centro de…

CDM Opposes Rep. Goodlatte's Agricultural Guestworker Act

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CDM denounces Rep. Bob Goodlatte’s Agricultural Guestworker Act (AG Act) as anti-immigrant, anti-worker legislation that would exacerbate the systemic exploitation of migrant farmworkers already present in the H-2A program. The AG Act would create a new guestworker program with lower wages, limited access to justice, and fewer protections for migrant workers than current law. Existing…

Research Reveals Exploitation of Women in U.S. Guestworker Programs

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Data collection, monitoring, and enforcement needed to address harassment, discrimination (Washington, DC) — Temporary labor migration programs in the United States systematically foster discrimination against women, according to a preview of research released today by Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, Inc. (CDM) and the University of Pennsylvania’s Transnational Legal Clinic (TLC). The exploitation of…

CDM Condemns Decision to Terminate DACA

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CDM is outraged by President Trump’s decision to terminate Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), which grants young undocumented immigrants who arrived as children the opportunity to live and work in the United States. By ending this program, the President aims to separate families and deport hundreds of thousands of Dreamers — our nation’s best…

Representatives of the Migrant Defense Committee Demand Protections for Migrant Workers in the Face of New Attacks on their Rights in the US

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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. They were convened by the Regional Comité of Chapulhuacán, Hidalgo, Mexico, and issued the following statement: “We demand that our voices be heard in the…

CDM statement on TX SB4

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CDM commends U.S. District Judge Orlando Garcia’s decision to temporarily block SB 4, the Texas legislation that outlaws sanctuary cities and promotes racial profiling. Despite purporting to keep communities safe, the law would instead encourage discrimination against immigrants and migrant workers, threaten freedom, and subvert public safety and trust. The courts should permanently block implementation…

CDM statement on the pardoning of Joe Arpaio

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CDM denounces President Trump’s pardon of former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio as yet another attack on immigrants and migrant workers. In pardoning a shameless spokesperson for racism and serial violator of basic civil and constitutional rights, President Trump has reaffirmed his commitment to anti-immigrant policies at the cost of rights that apply to everyone…

Migrant Workers Left Out of NAFTA

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On July 17, the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) published a list of objectives for the upcoming renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, Inc. (CDM) — a transnational migrant rights organization dedicated to ensuring access to justice for Mexico-based migrant workers — released the following statement: “Today,…

Migrants’ Rights Organizations, Worker Leaders, and Experts Demand Protections for Migrant Workers in the Renegotiation of NAFTA

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June 26, 2017 Today, migrant workers, labor and migrants’ rights organizations, and labor experts from Canada, Mexico, and the United States called for stronger migrant workers’ rights provisions and transnational access to justice in the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Convened by Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, Inc. (CDM), today’s…