Georgia ICE Raid Part of Escalating Pattern of Attacks on Immigrant Communities

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 8, 2025 CONTACT: Vanessa Contreras media@migrantequity.org Georgia ICE Raid Part of Escalating Pattern of Attacks on Immigrant Communities Savannah, GA – Immigrant rights, labor, and community based groups called for transparency, accountability and immediate support for those impacted following last week’s U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raid where 475 workers…

Georgia Communities Condemn Government Raid Tearing People from their Jobs and Threatening Civil Liberties

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PRESS STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, September 5, 2025 Georgia Communities Condemn Government Raid Tearing People from their Jobs and Threatening Civil Liberties Today, immigrant rights and social justice organizations across Georgia are sounding the alarm after witnessing the largest ICE raid in history at the Hyundai supplier and LG Energy Solution plant in Ellabell,…

House Committee Moves to Expand Guestworker Programs Without Worker Safeguards

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PRESS STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, June 26, 2025 CONTACT Francisco Díaz, francisco@cdmigrante.org This week, House Appropriations Committee members backed an amendment to the Department of Homeland Security funding bill that would dramatically expand H-2 guestworker programs, a move that is not only incredibly shortsighted but also dangerous to hundreds of thousands of guestworkers.  Guestworkers…

Trump administration strips worker protections for farmworkers recruited to work in the U.S. on H-2A visas

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PRESS STATEMENT FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tueday, June 24, 2025 CONTACT Francisco Díaz, francisco@cdmigrante.org Baltimore, Md. — Last Friday, the Department of Labor (DOL) quietly suspended enforcement of its 2024 rule which strengthened protections for farmworkers recruited to work in the United States through the H-2A agricultural visa program. Centro de los Derechos del Migrante (CDM) is outraged by…

Claims Period Now Open for Immigrants from Mexico and other Countries Who Were Unlawfully Detained in NYC Jails by ICE as Part of $92.5 Million Class Action Settlement Against New York City

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Law firms of Emery Celli Brinckerhoff Abady Ward & Maazel, LLP and Benno & Associates say more than 20,000 individuals who submit valid claims could receive settlement payments of $10,000 or more; the window to submit claims runs from February 14 to May 15, 2025. NEW YORK (February 18, 2025) – The law firms of…

CDM’s Comment on OSHA’s Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings

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January 14, 2025   Occupational Safety and Health Administration United States Department of Labor  Submitted via regulations.gov RE: Docket No. OSHA-2021-0009 Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings (RIN 1218-AD39)   Introduction Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, Inc. (CDM) is a binational workers’ rights organization that supports migrant workers to…

Mexican Professionals File Class Action Lawsuit Against GFA Alabama Inc. and Hyundai Glovis for Fraud and Discrimination

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 20, 2024 Contact: Francisco Díaz Pinelo, francisco@cdmigrante.org  Atlanta, Georgia. Today, two professionals from Mexico filed a class action lawsuit against GFA (GFA Alabama Inc.) and Hyundai Glovis (GLOVIS Georgia, LLC) for fraud and discrimination, among other claims. This is the sixth separate class action lawsuit filed in the last two years…