A Haitian-born student in Ohio reportedly took his own life following the loss of his immigration status as part of the Trump administration’s termination of temporary protected status for immigrants around the country. The Ohio State Highway Patrol stated in a Monday press release that 20-year-old Pierre Damas Bel died Monday when he…
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ICE ankle monitor leaves student humiliated, dies by suicide; Ohio student dies after losing immigration statusthe receipts: 2 stories
Born with promise, the student is fitted with an ICE ankle monitor, humiliation follows, and hope leaves. Another in Ohio loses status, the paperwork runs out, and the outcome is final. Survived by classmates, preceded in death by paperwork and the monitor. The rule is enforced, the desk stays empty. In lieu of flowers, send a scholarship application with no checkboxes for status. Shit, the paperwork outlasts the student.
Pierre Damas Bel, 20, expressed feeling “shame and humiliation” at having to wear by an ankle monitor. The college student died by suicide days later.
Trump administration bans transgender troops while military suicide rates climbthe receipts: 2 stories
Born in the era of integration, the military has survived by changing its uniform but not its rulebook. This week, the standing order doubled down: transgender troops are out, readiness is the excuse, and the suicide rates among those still in uniform reach new heights. The ban precedes the death toll, the rule outlasts the recruit. Survived by the soldiers who remain, preceded in death by the ones the policy leaves behind. In lieu of flowers, send a letter to your senator about the living conditions in the barracks. Shit, they still call it readiness.
The Trump administration is urging the Supreme Court to hear its appeal of a lawsuit over its policy barring transgender people from the military, a policy for which the high court handed the administration an interim win last year. The Department of Justice filed a petition for writ of certiorari to the justices late last […]
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