Home Care Workers Continue Hunger Strike to Pressure New York City Council to Pass Ban on 24-Hour Shifts

Here in New York, a dozen current and former home care workers have begun an eighth day on a hunger strike to pressure the City Council to pass the No More 24 Act to ban 24-hour shifts. Home care workers often work consecutive days providing round-the-clock care for elderly and disabled patients. Over the past week, the home care workers have protested outside New York City Hall and the home of New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin. One of the home care workers on hunger strike, Xue Zhen Chen, spoke at a rally on Sunday. Xue Zhen Chen: “Today we say the 24-hour workday is not only an act of violence against home care workers, but also demeans everyone who provides care, including mothers and sisters everywhere.” www.democracynow.org

Federal Workers Sue the Trump Admin over Policy Ending Gender-Affirming Care Coverage

Federal workers sued the Trump administration Monday over its policy ending gender-affirming care coverage for adults in federal employee health plans. The lawsuit, brought by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, targets an Office of Personnel Management mandate that directs insurers to eliminate coverage for transition-related medical care. www.democracynow.org

Family of Haitian Asylum Seeker Who Died of Hypothermia Expected to Sue ICE

In Pittsburgh, the family of Daphy Michel, a 31-year-old Haitian asylum seeker, is expected to sue ICE after she died of hypothermia at a bus shelter days after her release from ICE custody. The Allegheny County medical examiner said her death was a homicide. The medical examiner found she was a vulnerable adult with untreated severe mental illness and a significant language barrier. Her family’s attorney says ICE fitted her with an ankle monitor, dropped her 25 miles from home and left her in the February cold wearing summer clothing. www.democracynow.org

Federal Judge Blocks New York Law Barring Federal Immigration Agents from Wearing Masks

A federal judge Monday blocked New York’s law barring federal immigration agents from wearing masks and requiring visible identification. The judge found the U.S. is likely to win its Supremacy Clause argument that states can’t regulate federal officers, but the judge allowed New York’s separate ban on cooperation agreements between local police and ICE. www.democracynow.org

Guardian: At Least 10 Hunger-Striking ICE Detainees Subject to Involuntary Medical Procedures

According to court records revealed by The Guardian, the Trump administration tried to subject at least 10 hunger-striking ICE detainees to involuntary medical procedures, including force-feeding. At least three — and possibly five — detainees were actually force-fed, while five others abandoned their hunger strikes at the last moment rather than be inserted with a tube through the nose and down the esophagus and into the stomach. One Kurdish asylum seeker and hunger striker detained at the privately run Port Isabel Service Processing Center in South Texas was subjected to force-feeding for nearly eight months. www.democracynow.org

ICE Detainee 41-Year-Old Edwin Lopez-Cornejo Dies at Delaney Hall

In New Jersey, a Salvadoran immigrant has died while being held at the notorious ICE facility known as Delaney Hall in Newark, New Jersey. Forty-one-year-old Edwin Lopez-Cornejo is the 22nd person to die in ICE custody this year and the second to die at Delaney Hall. The cause of his death is unknown. Lopez-Cornejo leaves behind a 12-year-old daughter. Lopez-Cornejo’s mother, Maria Cornejo, told the New Jersey Monitor, “I never got to see him. He didn’t get to see his daughter for six weeks. When we told her what happened, she let out a big scream and hasn’t been the same since. She can’t sleep or eat. Neither can I.” www.democracynow.org

25 Democratic-Led States File Lawsuit Against Trump Admin over Tariffs

Twenty-five Democratic-led states filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration Monday, arguing the president exceeded his legal authority to tax imports with his newest tariffs on goods from 60 countries. The states are asking the U.S. Court of International Trade to block and overturn the tariffs and refund duties they have paid. www.democracynow.org