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October 6, 2022 | 0 comments
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 transnational migrant workers’...
August 1, 2023 | 0 comments
Our world is in the midst of a global health crisis. And in these times, the health and safety of migrant workers is a priority. The migrant population constitutes a significant part of the workforce, and as working people, they deserve...
October 6, 2022 | 0 comments
People seeking temporary work in the United States through H-2A and H-2B visas face serious difficulties during their recruitment process. The most common problem is deception about job offers that do not exist, that is: Fraud....
October 6, 2022 | 0 comments
The U.S. Consulate in Monterrey has announced that starting March 18, and until further notice, it is suspending routine immigrant and non-immigrant visa services. This includes suspending interviews in the CAS and the...
October 6, 2022 | 0 comments
The global COVID-19 pandemic has caused a lot of uncertainty across borders and for anyone considering going to work in the United States. On March 18, 2020, the U.S. Consulate in Monterrey announced that it will only process H-2 visas...
October 6, 2022 | 0 comments
Media is talking about the Coronavirus, but what is it exactly? There are many types of coronaviruses, some that cause common colds and others that can lead to more serious airway diseases. The current outbreak is of a virus called...
October 6, 2022 | 0 comments
Written by Alianza Nacional de Campesinas ----- One rainy morning in February, Elvira Carvajal finds herself surrounded by crops in the Florida fields where she labored intensively for years as a farmworker. Today, she...
October 6, 2022 | 0 comments
Maryland State Senator Susan Lee, a champion for labor trafficking survivors, introduced SB 742 - The Fair Recruitment and Transparency Act in the Maryland legislature. Centro de los Derechos del Migrante (CDM) is working with the...
October 6, 2022 | 0 comments
This Valentine's Day, when buying flowers for our loved ones, we should take a minute to consider the workers that grew them. Were they paid the minimum wage? Was their workplace safe? Sylvana Jacome is one of these workers...
January 31, 2020 | 0 comments
This year marks the twentieth anniversary of the adoption of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (TVPA). January is a trafficking awareness month, which was established to educate the public about the signs of human...