June 6, 2022 By Maurizio Guerreo When JLM Decorating hired Miguel Tapia to paint apartments in Manhattan and Brooklyn, they told him he would receive $800 in cash per week for his work. Instead, Tapia, who was born in the
In a recent interview with The City, the Tenant Advocacy Program of Catholic Migration Services shared information about immigrant tenant rights in the middle of a health crisis.
During a time when going to work has the possibility of threatening our lives, organizations fighting on behalf of low-wage workers are facing cuts in funding. Our Workers’ Rights Managing Attorney Magdalena Barbosa comments in a recent article by the New
En un articulo en Nuestra Voz, el periódico hispano de la Diocesis de Brooklyn- informaron a la comunidad sobre los servicios que Catholic Migration Services siguen de brindar para trabajadores en medio de la pandemia del coronavirus.
Catholic Migration Services is proud to recognize the recent appointment of Magdalena Barbosa, Managing Attorney with the Workers' Rights Program to Mayor de Blasio's new advisory council on labor and workforce development.
As hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers lose their jobs or part of their income due to the pandemic, Catholic Migration Services is assisting tenants who are thinking of going on a "rent strike" - refusing to pay rent. We
On April 29, 2020 Legal Services NYC and Catholic Migration Services as an organizational plaintiff - filed a lawsuit before the Southern District of New York against the Executive Office for Immigration Review, AKA "immigration court" (EOIR) challenging the EOIR's
On April 8, 2020, Catholic Migration Services along with co-counsel at the firm of Eisner & Dictor, P.C., filed a case in the Southern District of New York on behalf of 19 home care workers, seeking millions of dollars of
On Monday, March 16th, in response to the coronavirus outbreak, Legal Services NYC and six other organizations, including Catholic Migration Services sent a letter to the Department of Justice requesting the option to reschedule merits hearings in New York immigration
Earlier this month Catholic Migration Services celebrated the Annual Diocesan Migration Day Mass celebrating the diversity of the Diocese of Immigrants. Held at the Co-Cathedral of St. Joseph in Prospect Heights, the multilingual celebration represented over 30 ethnic ministries. For