Sandra and Tatiana worked for the same family separately, in 2016 and 2018. But their experience was far too similar. While working as au pairs in Maryland, Sandra and Tatiana were forced to work beyond contracted hours and responsibilities. Their employers limited their access to food, restricted their movements, threatened them with deportation, and constantly…
¡La victoria de DACA de hoy en la Corte Suprema es un triunfo para la comunidad de migrantes, incluyendo a la demandante del caso Marí Perales, coordinadora de comunicaciones del CDM! Marí ha sido implacable en su lucha: llevando a la administración Trump a los tribunales a pesar de los riesgos para ella y su…
Today’s DACA victory at the Supreme Court is a triumph for the migrant community, including case plaintiff Marí Perales, CDM’s Communication Coordinator! Marí has been relentless in her fight: taking the Trump administration to court despite risks to herself and her family — then organizing, rallying, and speaking out in the media across the U.S.…
Desde fábricas de carne de cerdo en Dakota del Sur hasta plantas avícolas en Maryland, los brotes de COVID-19 amenazan la vida de las y los trabajadores en todo el país. Lo último:las plantas de procesamiento de mariscos en el sur de Estados Unidos ahora también están siendo afectadas. El mes pasado, Maribel y Reyna,…
From pork factories in South Dakota to poultry plants in Maryland, COVID-19 outbreaks are threatening workers’ lives across the country. The latest: seafood processors in the South. Last month, Maribel and Reyna, two workers on H-2B visas from northern Mexico, saw about 100 of their coworkers get sick with COVID-19 in a crawfish plant in…
George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Tony McDade, and Ahmaud Arbery — these are four names of countless Black people killed over the course of 400 years of systemic racism that fosters the violation of human rights. Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, Inc. stands in solidarity with Black communities across the country demanding justice for them…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 8, 2020 Contact: María Perales (mariap@cdmigrante.org) Evy Peña (evy@cdmigrante.org) New Report Uncovers Widespread Abuse of Agricultural Workers in H-2A Visa Program 100% of Workers Surveyed Report at Least One Serious Rights’ Violation BALTIMORE, MD– A new report released today by Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, Inc. (CDM) — a…
Las tiendas de abarrotes surtidas (y reabastecidas) en medio de esta pandemia resaltan el tamaño y el alcance del negocio agrícola de los EE. UU. Una parte integral de esa industria es una fuerza laboral masiva, que incluye cientos de miles de hombres y mujeres que trabajan en los campos de los Estados Unidos con…
The stocked (and restocked) grocery stores amid this pandemic highlight the size and scope of the U.S. agriculture business. Integral to that industry is a massive workforce — including hundreds of thousands of men and women who work in fields across the US on H-2A visas. A record 256,667 H-2A workers were hired in 2019,…
We are advocates and legal services providers from across the U.S. who regularly represent and interact with workers employed by H-2B employers in a wide variety of industries and organizations concerned with the well-being of all workers in the United States. Because of the vulnerability of the H-2B workforce, their international travel, their frequent residence…