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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 18, 2013 Media contact: Moravia de la O, (410) 783-0236, moravia@cdmigrante.org

Baltimore, MD — Yesterday, members of the Senate introduced the highly anticipated bill to reform immigration policy in the United States. Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, Inc. (CDM; Center for Migrant Rights, in English), a transnati ...

PARA SU PUBLICACIÓN INMEDIATA 18 de Abril, 2013 Contacto de Prensa: Moravia de la O, (410) 783-0236, moravia@cdmigrante.org

Baltimore, MD — Ayer, miembros del Senado presentaron el anhelado proyecto de ley para reformar la política migratoria de los Estados Unidos. El Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, Inc. (CDM; Center for Migrant Rights, en Ingles), una o ...

(Baltimore, MD – April 17, 2013)–Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, Inc. (CDM), acknowledges the Senate’s introduction of a bill to reform immigration policy in the United States and salutes the advocates and migrant leaders who have raised their voices in this critically important debate. “This bill comes at an historic moment,” said Sarah Rempel, policy attorney at CDM, � ...

April 10, 2013

Thousands of immigrants, advocates, and allies will meet today in Washington D.C. to call for fair and inclusive immigration reform. As a transnational organization dedicated to the defense and promotion of migrant rights in the U.S., Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, Inc. (CDM) will be at today’s rally to advocate for swift immigration reform. We stand in solidarity ...

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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 wome ...

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5 de Abril, 2013 

Contacto de Prensa: Mónica Ramírez, 561-676-3202, monica@cdmigrante.org

Campesinas Se Unen a la Conversación Sobre la Inmigración

Una delegación de mas de 60 líderes campesinas y defensores se reunirán en Washington DC del 6 al 10 de Abril del 2013 para e ...

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 victor ...

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22 de Marzo, 2013

Contacto de Prensa: Moravia de la O Tel: (410) 783-0236 Email: moravia@cdmigrante.org

Tribunal Federal Ordena al Departamento de Trabajo de los Estados Unidos Dejar de Usar un Sistema Invalido para Calcular los Salarios de Trabajadores Huespedes

BALTIMORE, MD- El Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, Inc. ...

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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 trafficki ...

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

Comunicado de Prensa - Informe Desvela Abusos Significativos de los Trabajadores Migratorios en la Industria de Ferias y Carnavales de EE.UU. y Avanza Recomendaciones Comprensivas.pdf

PARA SU PUBLICACIÓN INMEDIATA 15 de febrero de 2013

Contacto: Rachel Micah-Jones, Directora Ejecutiva Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, Inc. rachel@cdmigrante.org 01-800-590-1773

Estudio revela los abusos enfrentados por los migrantes reclutados bajo los programas de trabajo temporal H-2 y recomienda cambios para abordarlos

DISTRITO FEDERAL, MEXICO – Más de 100, ...

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Coalition Sheds Light on Abuses Suffered by Internationally Recruited Workers WASHINGTON, D.C., February 5, 2013 – As the immigration debate heats up in the nation’s capitol, labor rights, migrant rights and anti-trafficking organizations have come together to speak out against immigrant worker abuse and to cal ...

January 30, 2013

Centro de los Derechos del Migrante, Inc. (CDM) applauds President Obama and the bipartisan group of Senators for their commitment to realizing immigration reform that includes a roadmap to citizenship, a focus on family unity, and worker protections.

Temporary migrant workers are contracted to perform grueling work, whether harvesting crabs, assembling carnival r ...

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 ...

Advocates File Complaint with UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty and Human Rights (Dec 13 2012)

CDM published “Money Transfers to Mexico: A Manual Examining the Transfer of Funds from U.S. Advocates to Clients in Mexico,”in collaboration with the American University Washington College of Law Immigrant Justice Clinic and the Global Workers’ Justice Alliance. For years, migrant rights advocates have fought to ensure that workers whose rights have been violated receive mone ...

The Mexican National Administrative Office (NAO) issued an opinion in response to petitions filed by U.S. and Mexican workers’ rights advocates for violations of the North American Agreement on Labor Cooperation (NAALC).  In its decision, the NAO agreed that apparent violations had occurred denying workers protection under the NAALC.  The opinion calls on the Mexican Department of Labor to ...

Farmworker Women will Convene in Washington DC to Demand Protections

A delegation of farmworker women will meet in Washington, D.C. from October 2-4, 2012 to launch a new national initiative dedicated to promoting economic justice, equality, health and safety for all U.S. agricultural workers. The group is comprised of current and former agricultural workers, along with women who hail from farm ...

Between October 1st and November 24, 2012, hundreds of individuals will come together across the United States, Mexico, and beyond to celebrate the lives of migrant workers and their families. These individuals will help CDM raise awareness about migrant workers’ rights and commemorate the migrant workers who have lost their lives while employed in ...

The MacArthur Foundation announced last week that it has awarded a Creative and Effective Nonprofit Award to the Red Nacional de Derechos Humanos “Todos los Derechos para Todos” (Red TDT) – (National Human Rights Network “All Rights for All”). The Network, of which CDM is a member, monitors and documents human rights abuses in Mexico to raise awareness of human r ...

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 ...

One of CDM’s fundamental goals is to train migrants in Mexico to identify and avoid workplace abuses in the United States. CDM’s “Know-Your-Rights” workshops have reached over 6,000 migrants in communities across Mexico. Beginning in February, CDM and members of the Comité will launch a new outreach program in which Comité members will be trained to use the new curricu ...

CDM’s Oaxaca Outreach team traveled to the communities of Lázaro Cárdenas and Santa María Yucunicoco in early January to follow-up on a variety of pending cases. While there, two individuals, one woman and one man, expressed interest in joining the Comité de Defensa del Migrante. Over the course of 2012, CDM will place emphasis upon expanding membership to the Comité to include indig ...

This January, CDM and theUniversity of Maryland (UMD) International and Comparative Law Clinicbegan their third year of collaboration. Over the past two years, CDM Executive Director, Rachel Micah-Jones, has taught students at the law clinic, while CDM has hosted UMD students in its Mexico and Baltimore offices.

While in Mexico, UMD law students will support CDM’s international and ...

CDM is excited to welcome all of our new followers who joined us after participating in the 2011 Week of Cien Cenas. We also extend a special thank you to the hosts of each cena for helping us to share migrant workers’ stories with their friends and families. Thank you again for your support; we are happy to have you as our ally!

CDM Executive Director Rachel Micah-Jones and Outreach Coordinator Lilián López participated in the Civil Society Days of the Global Forum on Migration & Development and the People’s Global Action (PGA) in Geneva. At the PGA, CDM held a workshop entitled “Know-Your-Rights Strategies from Migrants’ Rights Advocates Around the World” in which CDM and organizations fr ...

CDM Outreach Coordinator Lilián López recently celebrated her one-year anniversary with CDM. Since Lilián joined CDM in November 2010, she has developed the leadership capacity of members of the Comité de Defensa del Migrante (Migrant Defense Committee). The Comité is comprised of more than 40 migrants, ex-migrants, and their family members. The Comité members are leaders in their communi ...

CDM and migrant worker allies participated in two major lawsuits brought against the Department of Labor’s prevailing wage rule by H-2B employers in seafood, construction, landscaping, horse training, hotels, carnivals and fairs, and forestry. In Maryland, the rule would have raised local and H-2B landscaping workers’ wages from $9.12/hour to $12.80/hour. The industry successfully press ...

Since mid-September, US Senator Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) has pushed the US Department of Labor to delay the implementation of a new prevailing wage rate rule, which would raise the hourly wages of H-2B guestworkers. Under Mikulski’s pressure and an industry lawsuit, the DOL delayed the implementation of the new regulations until November 30, 2011. The new regulation was issued in accordanc ...