Hidden in the Home: Abuse of Domestic Workers with Special Visas in the United States

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Hidden in the Home: Abuse of Domestic Workers with Special Visas in the United States
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Information from Non-Governmental Organizations
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(2001)
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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]