Virtual Immigration Town Hall
If you missed last week's Virtual Immigration Town Hall via Facebook Live, watch the recap to learn how COVID-19 is impacting immigrants, tenants and workers during this difficult time.
Workers' Rights
Caridades Católicas da respuesta exprés a una crisis inesperada
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.
Mayor announces more sector advisory councils to help reopening and recovery from COVID-19 pandemic
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.
Catholic Migration Services and Co-Counsel File Case on Behalf of Home Care Workers Seeking Justice in the Workplace
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
Update from Catholic Migration Services Regarding Office Operations and Assisting Clients During COVID-19
Presione aquí para la versión en Español Catholic Migration Services is continuing to assist existing and new clients during the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) outbreak. However, we have limited our office operations to reduce health risks to visitors, staff and volunteers. For
Chinatown Dim Sum Workers Win Federal Lawsuit for Owed Wages
The Chinese Staff & Workers’ Association (“CSWA”), a partner organization in the CILEC consortium, contacted Catholic Migration Services in late 2018 with a request for legal assistance for a number of workers that they had been organizing who were owed
Stand with Workers Cheated Out of Their Wages
Every year, workers in New York State are cheated out of an estimated $1 Billion that they earn but are not paid. Immigrant workers bear the brunt of this wage-theft, often toiling in low-wage industries where they don’t receive minimum
Workers’ Rights Program Reaches $33,000 Settlement for Domestic Worker in Wage Theft and Harassment Suit
The Workers’ Rights Program won a $33,000.00 settlement for a domestic worker in a case brought under the New York State Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights, which guarantees basic workplace protections for domestic workers. Our client, a Mexican national worked
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP Honored at 5th Annual Sunset Reception
On Thursday, June 13, at the 5th Annual Sunset Reception in Brooklyn, Catholic Migration Services honored Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, recipient of the 2019 Public Service Award for outstanding pro bono work to help New York’s immigrants become U.S.
The Immigration Conundrum
In his weekly column, Put Out Into the Deep, the Most Rev. Nicholas DiMarzio, Bishop of Brooklyn revisits the Presidents State of the Union address and the four pillars he saw as the necessary elements for immigration reform.