Springfield Haitian student’s death fuels debate over ICE ankle monitors
TL;DR Summary
Pierre Damas Bel, a 20-year-old Haitian Wright State University student in Springfield, died Aug. 31 after allegedly taking his life from shame tied to wearing an ICE ankle monitor issued after Haiti’s TPS expired; advocates say the monitor and peer taunting contributed to his death, prompting a large community gathering and renewed calls to scrutinize ICE enforcement in Springfield’s Haitian community.
- Springfield Haitian student takes his own life after being fitted with ICE ankle monitor, advocates say Dayton Daily News
- DeWine calls death of 20-year-old Haitian in Springfield a ‘horrible tragedy’ WHIO TV
- Opinion: An ankle monitor wasn't justified. Neither Is the silence Dayton Daily News
- Who was Pierre Damas Bel? Ohio family on his life before and during ICE supervision NBC4 WCMH-TV
- 20-year-old Haitian immigrant dies by suicide in Springfield; family blames deportation fears WCPO 9 Cincinnati
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