The end of legal protections for Haitian immigrants nationally has jolted the labor market in Key West, a remote vacation destination where many live and work.
A judge has issued a mere 20-day jail sentence to a migrant truck driver responsible for the death of a father and son.
A truck driver from Haiti who caused a fatal crash in Ohio, killing a father and son and severely injuring the mother, has received a 20-day jail sentence. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: A judge has issued a mere 20-day jail sentence to a migrant truck driver responsible for the death of a father and son. DETAIL: Yvio Michel, reportedly a migrant from Haiti working as a big-rig truck driver, caused a multi-vehicle crash in late February in Ohio. The crash killed 52-year-old Hurshel Gipson and his 11-year-old son, Michael Gipson. The crash also left 45-year-old Amanda Gipson, Hursel’s wife and Michael’s mother, severely injured. Other motorists sustained injuries as well. Michel failed to slow his tractor-trailer for halted traffic on…Open
A Haitian college freshman who was fitted with an ankle monitor by federal immigration authorities after the Trump administration won a legal battle to strip temporary protected status from some 350,000 Haitians died this week by apparent suicide, according to his family. MS NOW's Alex Tabet has the latest.
The family of Pierre Damas Bel, a Haitian student in Ohio, says he died by suicide after losing his immigration status and being forced to wear an ankle monitor, CNN's Omar Jimenez reports. This story involves discussion about suicide that some readers may find upsetting. If you feel you are in crisis, call or text 988 to reach the 24-hour Suicide & Crisis Lifeline.
The family of an Haitian-born college student says he died by suicide after he experienced bullying over the ankle monitor he was forced to wear after he lost Temporary Protected Status. Senior Pastor Carl Ruby of the Central Christian Church in Springfield, Ohio shares more about Pierre Damas Bel and MS NOW Political Analyst Eddie Glaude joins Alicia Menendez to discuss the impact of the administration's immigration policies. If you or someone you know is in crisis, call or text 988 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline.
Pierre Damas Bel’s family said he felt humiliated by an ankle monitor ICE officers placed on him after the Trump administration canceled protections for thousands of Haitian immigrants.