We hope you and your loved ones are coping well through these difficult circumstances. Earlier this year, we asked you to “Save the Date” for our 15th anniversary events in Washington, D.C., Mexico City and San Francisco this fall. But given the public health crisis, we’ve decided to focus all of our energy and time…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 30, 2020 Contact: María Perales (mariap@cdmigrante.org) Evy Peña (evy@cdmigrante.org) Atlanta, Georgia — Five Mexican workers recruited to work on temporary H-2B visas have filed a lawsuit against Atlanta-based construction company Precision 2000, its side-company Casa Properties, and the owners of these companies (“Defendants”). Juan Servando Garcia Robelo and four other workers…
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…
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…
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,…
Ripe for Reform: Abuse of Agricultural Workers in the H-2A Visa Program exposes the extensive labor abuses in the rapidly growing guestworker program that expanded to a record 256,677 job certifications in FY 2019. Based on in-depth interviews with 100 workers across Mexico who came to the U.S. on these visas in the last four…
Esperamos que tú y tus seres queridos estén bien. Durante las últimas dos semanas, hemos visto que COVID-19 exacerba fallas sistémicas en los programas de trabajo temporal. Estos son los tres problemas principales que hemos estado escuchando de parte de las y los trabajadores: Las y los trabajadores de hoteles y restaurantes están varados y…
We hope you and your loved ones are staying safe. During the past two weeks, we have seen COVID-19 exacerbating systemic flaws in guestworker programs. These are the top three issues we’re hearing from workers: Hotel and restaurant workers are stranded and homeless. Workers in the hospitality issues tell us they’re being laid off. Some…
Today, on International Women’s Day, thousands of women are taking the streets of cities across Mexico to demand justice, equity, accountability and peace. This historic mobilization protests widespread harassment, impunity, labor abuse and femicides. Approximately 10 women and girls die in Mexico every day due to gender-based violence — #NiUnaMás, #NiUnaMenos. As members of civil…
Ana Corina “Cori” Alonso-Yoder Presidente de la Junta Directiva Profesora Visitante Adjunto, Escuela de Leyes de la Universidad Howard Ana Corina “Cori” Alonso-Yoder es Profesora Asociada de Fundamentos de la Abogacía. Antes de unirse a la facultad de Derecho de GW, Alonso-Yoder fue profesora asistente visitante en la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad de…