Haitian Student's Tragic End After Losing TPS Sparks Outrage

A Haitian-born college student in Ohio died in what his family believes to be a suicide after he lost his temporary protected status protections amid the Trump administration’s termination of Haiti’s TPS designation.

Pierre Damas Bel, 20, died on Monday as he walked into oncoming traffic after parking his vehicle on the right shoulder of Interstate 70, according to Ohio State Highway Patrol.

“Bel succumbed to fatal injuries at the scene,” Ohio State Highway Patrol said in a statement, adding that the incident remains under investigation.