Declaración de los participantes de la sociedad civil de EE. UU. durante la reunión de balance de las Naciones Unidas sobre el progreso hacia el Pacto Mundial para la Migración

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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 Denounces Rep. Bob Goodlatte’s AG Act as an Anti-Immigrant, Anti-Worker Proposal

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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…

Las y los Trabajadores Migrantes, Defensoras y Organizaciones a Administración Trump: Proteja los Derechos de las y los Trabajadores Migrantes en el TLCAN

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El día de hoy, el Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, Inc. presentó la siguiente petición firmada por 98 personas y organizaciones dirigida a la Oficina del Representante de Comercio de los Estados Unidos para exigir que los derechos de las y los trabajadores migrantes se protejan en la renegociación del TLCAN. Las y los…

Migrant Workers, Advocates and Organizations to Trump Administration: Protect Migrant Workers in the NAFTA Renegotiation

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Today, Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, Inc. submitted the following petition signed by 98 individuals and organizations to the Office of the United States Trade Representative to demand that migrant workers’ rights are protected in the NAFTA renegotiation. Signatories included migrant workers, and labor and migrant rights advocates across borders. Office of the United…

El CDM se opone al Acta de las y los Trabajadores Temporales Agrícolas del Rep. Goodlatte

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El CDM denuncia el Acta de las y los Trabajadores Agrícolas del Representante Bob Goodlatte como una ley anti-inmigrante y anti-trabajador que exacerbaría la explotación sistémica de las y los trabajadores migrantes agrícolas que ya existe en el programa H-2A. Esta ley crearía un nuevo programa de trabajadores temporales con salarios más bajos, acceso limitado…

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…