Education CDM conducts participatory educational workshops with workers in Mexico in communities with areas from which many travel to work in the United States. We prevent workplace abuses by conducting “know your rights” trainings with migrant workers before they depart, in an environment in which they feel comfortable speaking openly. Our workshops cover not only…
Money Transfers to Mexico, Fourth Edition The fourth edition of Money Transfers to Mexico is a practical guide to navigating the complex process of sending money to clients in Mexico. Developed by the American University Washington College of Law Immigrant Justice Clinic, Centro de los Derechos del Migrante (CDM), and Justice in Motion (JiM), the…
Contratados.org Building Worker Power and Transparency in Labor Recruitment Every year, nearly 200,000 Mexican workers are recruited to the United States for low-wage jobs on H-2A and H-2B visas. Many are lured by promises of higher wages and better working conditions that turn out to be illusory. Many suffer grievous abuses, ranging from gender discrimination…
Cori Alonso-Yoder Board President Assistant Professor of Law and Director of the Immigration Clinic at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law Ana Corina “Cori” Alonso-Yoder is Assistant Professor of Law and Director of the Immigration Clinic at the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law. Prior to joining the…
Dear friends, This Labor Day, we are celebrating our anniversary in the most wonderful way: our team is in San Luis Potosi wrapping up the National Meeting of CDM’s Migrant Defense Committee (Comité de Defensa del Migrante) with courageous migrant worker leaders from all over Mexico. Some of these workers, such as Adelaido Garcia Perez…
(Oakland, California) — Today, migrant worker leaders, advocates, and experts will appear at a hearing before the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (DLSE) to demand that the California Labor Commissioner protect internationally recruited workers from recruitment abuses and human trafficking. The Coalition to Abolish Slavery & Trafficking (CAST), the bill’s original sponsor, and Centro de…
Members of the Migrant Defense Committee (“Comité”), a group of migrant leaders and their families supported by Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, Inc. (CDM), gathered for their National Meeting. They were convened by the Regional Comité of Chapulhuacán, Hidalgo, Mexico, and issued the following statement: “We demand that our voices be heard in the…
June 26, 2017 Today, migrant workers, labor and migrants’ rights organizations, and labor experts from Canada, Mexico, and the United States called for stronger migrant workers’ rights provisions and transnational access to justice in the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Convened by Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, Inc. (CDM), today’s…
October 7, 2013 WASHINGTON, D.C.—A delegation of internationally recruited women workers from México, the Philippines, and Ecuador arrived today in Washington, D.C. to educate policymakers about the unique issues that women face during the recruitment process in their communities of origin and as temporary workers in the United States. The delegation is here to advocate…
Oct. 5, 2013 Today, thousands of people are taking to the streets to call on Congress to pass fair and inclusive immigration reform. A broad coalition of immigrant communities and allies from faith, labor, and civil society groups will stage over 140 events and actions all around the U.S. as part of the National Day…