Annotation:
This report discusses the exploitation, abuse and humiliation suffered by women migrant domestic workers in the United States. It begins by providing a background to the situation of migrant domestic workers in the US. Using case studies, the report then analyzes the vulnerabilities of live-in migrant domestic workers to human rights violations. An assessment of US laws and policies regarding special domestic workers visas is then provided; the report argues that the US has failed to adequately protect and ensure access to justice for migrant domestic workers. It ends with a series of recommendations. [Descriptors: Migration - Labour Migration, International - North America]