A Call to Action: Stand Against Unjust Immigration Policies
Immigrant communities face raids, detention, travel bans, cuts to services & forced registration. These attacks aim to divide us—but we won’t stay silent. Read Meghan Hurley’s blog & learn how to act..
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CATA ON THE NEWS
Throughout communities of “panicked” undocumented farmworkers, however, “people are jittery — talking so fast, crying, losing sleep, and keeping kids out of school,” said Meghan Hurley, policy and advocacy organizer for CATA, a nonprofit helping farmworkers and the Latino immigrant community in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Maryland.
Unfair labor laws are cheating farmworkers, lawsuit claims
CATA and legal partners filed a lawsuit against New Jersey for excluding farmworkers from fair wage and overtime laws. They argue this violates civil rights, deepens inequality, and leaves vulnerable immigrant laborers struggling despite their essential contributions to the food system.
Meghan Hurley, policy and advocacy organizer for CATA, an organization that advocates for farm workers and the Latino immigrant community in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Maryland.Monica Herndon / Staff Photographer
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The plaintiffs want farmworkers to receive the same minimum wage and overtime requirements that most other workers get. (Courtesy of the New Jersey Department of Agriculture)