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.
The 20-year-old was fitted with a tracking device under a Trump administrative initiative targeting Haitians in Springfield, Ohio.
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.
Two Haitian pastors in Ohio who do not have criminal records are among the more than 65,000 migrants in federal custody
The devices, which will make it easier for authorities to locate immigrants in Springfield if large-scale deportations begin, have intensified a sense of dread.
More than 160 Haitians landed in Cap-Haitien on Thursday after a U.S. deportation flight, the first since the Trump administration won its legal fight to end Temporary Protected Status for roughly 350,000 people. The plane touched down in northern Haiti because Port-au-Prince, the capital, is too dangerous. Gangs control an estimated 70 percent of the […] The post First U.S. deportation flight lands in Haiti after Trump administration ends Temporary Protected Status appeared first on American Almanac .
More than 160 Haitians landed in Cap-Haitien on Thursday after a U.S. deportation flight, the first since the Trump administration won its legal fight to end Temporary Protected Status for roughly 350,000 people. The plane touched down in northern Haiti because Port-au-Prince, the capital, is too dangerous. Gangs control an estimated 70 percent of the city. The U.S. government has banned commercial flights there through early September. So the 161 deportees stepped off in Cap-Haitien, where Haitian immigration officials handed each one a maximum of $65, some food, and a drink. That was the welcome package, $65 and a country where, by United Nations estimates, more than 3,100 people were killed and another 1,189 injured in the first six…Open
Local advocates say that ICE officers have stooped to incite fear in Haitian refugees in Ohio cities like Springfield
Federal agents have begun detaining Haitians in the Ohio city, signaling an increase in ICE activity that has panicked the community and kept many from leaving home.