Category Archives: Press Release

Press Release: Farmworker Women Join the Immigration Conversation

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 5, 2013 Media contact: Mónica Ramírez, 561-676-3202, monica@cdmigrante.org Farmworker Women Join the Immigration Conversation A delegation of more than 60 farmworker women leaders and advocates will meet in Washington, D.C. from April 6 through the 10, 2013 to educate members of Congress about farmworker women’s unique concerns related to the United…

Press Release: Federal Court Orders the U.S. Department of Labor to Stop Using Invalid Wage Determinations for Temporary Workers

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 22, 2013 Media Contact: Moravia de la O Phone: (410) 783-0236 Email: moravia@cdmigrante.org Federal Court Orders the U.S. Department of Labor to Stop Using Invalid Wage Determinations for Temporary Workers BALTIMORE, MD- Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, Inc. (The Center for Migrant Rights, or “CDM”) is celebrating a victory in…

Press Release-Widespread Human Rights Abuses Under Temporary Worker Programs

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Widespread Human Rights Abuses Under Temporary 
Worker Programs Washington, D.C. (March 12, 2013) – As Congress debates proposals for comprehensive immigration reform, temporary workers in the U.S. under the current H-2A and H-2B temporary worker programs are suffering widespread recruitment abuses, which can lead to debt servitude and human trafficking. These abuses…

Press Release – Report Uncovers Significant Abuses of Migrant Workers in the U.S. Fair and Carnival Industry and Advances Comprehensive Recommendations

Press Release – Report Uncovers Significant Abuses of Migrant Workers in the U.S. Fair and Carnival Industry and Advances Comprehensive Recommendations.pdf  

Press Release: Study Highlights Abuses in the Recruitment of Migrant Workers Employed Under the H-2 Temporary Worker Program and Recommends Change

January 17, 2013 For Immediate Release Contact: Rachel Micah-Jones, Executive Director Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, Inc. rachel@cdmigrante.org 410-783-0236 Study Highlights Abuses in the Recruitment of Migrant Workers Employed Under the H-2 Temporary Worker Program and Recommends Change WASHINGTON, D.C.- Over 100,000 temporary workers are recruited abroad for employment in the United States each…

CDM Press Release on new Department of Labor H-2B Rule

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: TUESDAY, February 21, 2012 CONTACT: RACHEL MICAH-JONES RACHEL AT CDMIGRANTE DOT ORG 410.783.0236     New DOL Rules Promote Fairness In the Recruitment and Employment of Foreign Temporary Workers Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, Inc., Migrant Worker Leaders Applaud US Department of Labor’s Stance against Recruitment Abuse for H-2B workers…