Family blames suicide of 20-year-old Haitian immigrant on ICE crackdown

TL;DR

Pierre Damas Bel, a 20-year-old Haitian immigrant and student in Ohio, died by suicide.
His family states the suicide was partly driven by feelings of despair and humiliation after ICE fitted him with an ankle monitor.
Bel felt "treated like an animal" and "embarrassed" by the ankle monitor, according to his father.
ICE confirmed fitting Bel with the monitor on July 29 during his immigration proceedings and rejected blame for his death.
Bel had entered the U.S. in 2024 under a now-defunct Biden-era program and had lost Temporary Protected Status.
He expressed on Instagram that he did not come to the U.S. to commit crimes but felt shame and humiliation with the monitor.

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