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,…
2025-08-07 H-2A Rescission Comment FINAL PDF
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
New York – FIFA should immediately release and commit to implementing the robust Human Rights Framework for the 2026 Men’s Soccer World Cup, which it developed through extensive consultations with civil society stakeholders and public officials from across North America. The framework, which FIFA shared with host cities in March 2024, will govern labor and human…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Apr 26, 2024 Contact: Francisco Díaz, Communications and Media Relations Lead at Centro de los Derechos del Migrante (francisco@cdmigrante.org) Baltimore, Maryland. Today, the U.S. The Department of Labor (DOL) published its final rule to improve protections for workers in temporary agricultural employment in the United States through the H-2A guestworker program. Centro de…
February 4, 2024 This weekend, FIFA released the much-anticipated match schedule for the 2026 Men’s World Cup, which will be held across 16 cities in the United States, Mexico, and Canada. As planning accelerates in these host cities, event organizers will now be making critical decisions on tournament operations, including for Fan Fests, transportation, concessions,…