Haitian student’s suicide highlights personal cost of U.S. immigration crackdown
Twenty-year-old Pierre Damas Bel, a Haitian student, took his own life after losing legal status and being forced to wear an ankle monitor following a Supreme Court decision that enabled the Trump administration to end temporary protections for Haitians.
Why it matters
The story shows how immigration policy changes can have fatal personal consequences for vulnerable individuals.
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