Centro de los Derechos del Migrante

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CDM at the White House! What an honor to participate in the White House H-2 Interagency Working Group meeting! My colleague Shane Crary Ross presented to the Biden-Harris administration officials the widespread gender discrimination faced by migrant women workers in the H-2 visa programs. Proud of the work we do at Centro de los Derechos del Migrante to ensure that labor rights are respected for everyone in the United States, without exception! ✊🏾

At our most recent national partner meeting, we heard from the Centro de los Derechos del Migrante! Their efforts to defend and protect Mexico-based migrants have grown far and wide in response to increasing needs for its advocacy and services. They continue to inspire and ensure that justice does not stop at the border. Thank you so much for sharing your work with us! Learn more about their work here: https://cdmigrante.org/ #PartnerSpotlight #MigrantRights #AdvocacyWork #BorderJustice #ImmigrationAdvocacy

A few weeks ago, 17 State Attorneys General, growers and big-time farmers filed a suit against the U.S. Department of Labor to stop the new farmworker protection rule from going into effect. We cannot let this happen. Today, we filed a motion to intervene in the lawsuit to ensure that our organization and migrant agricultural workers have a seat at the table as the court decides the future of the rule. We are seeking to enter the suit in two different roles: as an organizational defendant-intervenor and also as counsel for Candelario and Jorge, two migrant H-2A farmworkers who are speaking out in defense of the new farmworker protections.  We’re proud to co counsel with and be represented by Adam Pulver of Public Citizen and grateful to Daniel Werner of Radford Scott LLP, who serves as local counsel. By intervening we are fighting to ensure that workers can welcome organizations like ours in their employer-provided housing without fear of retaliation. We are fighting for seatbelts and safe transportation and for all protections against recruitment fraud, retaliation and trafficking included in the H-2A rule. Both Candelario and Jorge faced retaliation for standing up for themselves and their coworkers to demand better working conditions –self-organizing activities that would be protected under the new rule. They too are fighting to ensure that they and other workers are better protected in future H-2A employment and can demand better working conditions. Stronger farmworker protections are necessary and long-overdue. We’re determined to see the new farmworker protections implemented as soon as possible. And we are committed to ensuring migrant worker voices are front and center during the upcoming proceedings. If our motion to intervene is granted, we will be in a great position to do so. Donate today to join the fight for stronger worker protections. Donate today to support migrant workers in their fight for dignity and justice. www.cdmigrante.org/donate

“M” was working as an H-2A worker in the fields of North Carolina picking sweet potatoes when a fellow worker died due to heat stress. Today he celebrates the proposal for a federal heat safety standard that will protect millions of workers. “Working in incredibly hot weather for 8, 10, even 12 hours a day is complicated. We often can’t hydrate or have breaks. This heat protection rule is a good thing...  I’m glad that we will feel more protected. We deserved this." CDM celebrates with "M" the Biden Administration’s proposal for a federal heat safety standard that has the potential to protect millions of workers from excessive heat in their workplaces, especially agricultural workers who spend hours upon hours working under an unrelenting sun. 2023 was the hottest year on record. Heat associated deaths also broke records last year. And 2024 might surpass the previous year on both counts. A federal heat protection standard is needed now more than ever.

Rosa Linda was thrilled to receive an offer to work an engineering job in the US. She thought it'd be a great opportunity to advance her career. But once in the US, she was put to work doing intense manual labor, carrying heavy auto parts for hours on end. Even after Rosa Linda discovered she was pregnant, her employers at #GFA Alabama and #Hyundai Glovis refused to modify her duties to accommodate her pregnancy. Now, Rosa Linda is seeking justice for herself and for other migrant workers facing the same kind of fraud and abuse. We are proud to support Rosa Linda in her fight for justice alongside Radford Scott LLP Hall & Lampros, LLP #BealSutherlandBerlinBrown LLC in a class action lawsuit against #GFA Alabama and #Hyundai Glovis in Georgia. https://lnkd.in/enKs4MJe

Last week Julia Coburn and Carlos Ricardo Ortiz attended the 2024 Office of Minority Health - U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Awardees meeting in St. Louis to talk about our experience with our Language Access project. They shared CDM's partnership and sustainability strategies, as well as the co-creation process through which we created materials focused on educating migrant and immigrant communities about their right to receive information in their own language, especially when it comes to information about their health. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH)

Today we’re thrilled to welcome our 2024 #Summerinterns! We’re lucky to have these super talented and committed individuals working with us for the next few weeks to advance migrant justice. Help us give them all a warm welcome to the CDM family! Isabel Hellman - New York University School of Law Courtney McDonald - Boston College (undergrad) Lauren O'Connell - Harvard Law School Cristina Reynoso - City University of New York School of Law Aiman Shahab - University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School Carolina Garcia - The Johns Hopkins University (undergrad) Cynthia Sanchez Hidalgo - The Johns Hopkins University (undergrad) A huge thank you to our staff members Anna Kearns and Nadia Islas Navarro for all their work behind the scenes, coordinating with the incoming cohort and to Ciara Flowers from the InBaltimore Program from The Life Design Lab at Homewood - Johns Hopkins University, who we always love working with!

🚨⚽️FIFA President Infantino visited DC this month to ask U.S. to expedite visas & other logistics for #2026WorldCup, despite FIFA's worrying delays on 2026 #HumanRights framework. #Dignity2026 is watching closely for proof of #FIFA’s commitment to protect workers & communities. Independent Supporters Council NAACP Human Rights Watch AFL-CIO The Army of Survivors Athlete Ally PowerSwitch Action Jobs With Justice Global Labor Justice Sport & Rights Alliance FIFA World Cup 2026™ - Canada, Mexico and the United States

Happy #MothersDay to all mothers and caregivers who fight everyday for a just and fair future for all. Thank you! Shane Crary Ross Adelina Vásquez Jimena de Haro Celorio Jimena Monjarás Guerra Nadia Islas Navarro Jocelyn Abigail Reyes Moctezuma Carmen M. Rachel Micah-Jones Adriana del Rocío González Serna