Press

• Comment on H-2A Rules Change 2019
• Anti-Trafficking Groups Oppose Harmful Guestworker Riders 2019
• Opposition to Harmful Guestworker Riders 2019
• Without reform, more H-2B visas will result in more abuse
• Statement on the Visa Transparency Anti-Trafficking Act
• New Guestworker Program Would Increase Risk for Exploitation and Trafficking of Migrant Workers
• Proposed State-Based Work Visa Program Would Result in Debt Bondage for Immigrant Workers
• Trump Executive Order Scapegoats Foreign Workers and Protects Corporate Interests at the Expense of All Workers
• Trump Budget Targets Country’s Most Vulnerable Workers
• Senate Passes Critical Protections to Prevent Recruitment Abuse
• Coalition Sheds Light on Abuses Suffered by Internationally Recruited Workers

News Clips

• Baltimore Sun: “U.S. summer work visa exploits foreigners“
• Politico: “REPORT: Shining A Light on Summer Work: A First Look at the Employers Using the J-1 Summer Work Travel Visa”
• The Guardian: “Foreign students hired for summer jobs in US subjected to abuses, says study”
• NPR: “Au Pairs Exploited By U.S. ‘Cultural Exchange’ Program, Report Says”
• Politico: “REPORT: Au Pair Program Needs Oversight”
• PBS: “Have au pairs been exploited as a cheap source of labor?”
• The American Prospect: “The Big Business of Exploiting Au Pairs”
• Law360: “Labor Dept. Should Run Au Pairs’ J-1 Visas, Report Suggests”
• Rewire: “New Report Details Widespread Abuse of Au Pairs, Calls for More Oversight”
• Baltimore Sun: “The other crisis in Maryland’s seafood industry”
• Bloomberg BNA: “The Feds Had Their Turn. Time for State-Based Visas?”
• USA Today: “Immigration debate ensnares foreign workers”
• New York Times Editorial: “Immigration Reform and Workers’ Rights”
• USA Today: “Au pair groups, others fight Senate immigration rules”
• The Harrisburg Patriot News: “Labor abuse complaints lodged by midstate foreign student workers help spur federal legislation”
• In These Times: “Recruitment Abuses Emerge in Immigration Reform Debate”
• The Boston Globe: “Teacher Trafficking”
• Roll Call: “No More Captive Workers”

Contact: Evy Peña, evy@cdmigrante.org, (410) 783-0236