Despair Under a Tracking Device: A Haitian Student’s Ohio Tragedy
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The New York Times reports on Pierre Damas Bel, a 20-year-old Haitian student in Springfield, Ohio, who wore an ankle monitor as part of a Trump-era immigration crackdown; his family says the device and his precarious legal status fed humiliation and despair, leading to an apparent suicide after he stepped into traffic, highlighting the human toll of aggressive immigration enforcement.
- Haitian Student, Despondent Over Ankle Monitor, Dies in Apparent Suicide The New York Times
- College student steps into traffic, is killed after losing immigration status The Washington Post
- DeWine calls death of 20-year-old Haitian in Springfield a ‘horrible tragedy’ WHIO TV
- Haitian immigrant, Wright State student subjected to ankle monitor dies by apparent suicide wyso.org
- DeWine calls death of Springfield Haitian student 'horrible tragedy' Cincinnati Enquirer
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