# 'Blood is on our hands': Death of Haitian honours student sparks outcry over ICE ankle monitors

https://mins.news/en/item/62254

- CBC News, 2026-09-17 08:00 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/pierre-damas-bel-ice-ankle-monitor-haiti-tps-9.7346603?cmp=rss

> Pierre Damas Bel fled Haiti for the United States hoping to become a neurosurgeon. After immigration authorities placed an ankle monitor on the 20-year-old university student, he said he felt “treated like an animal”; weeks later, he died after walking into highway traffic, prompting an outcry.