Washington, Sept. 1 -- Rep. Hakeem Jeffries issued the following press release:
Today, House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries released the following statement:
I am heartbroken by the senseless death of Pierre Damas Bel. Like hundreds of thousands of Haitians, Pierre fled dangerous conditions and received temporary protected status to build a better life for himself and patriotically contribute to our nation. Instead, Donald Trump's mass deportation machine ripped away Pierre's legal status, threatened him with terrifying violence, forced him to wear an ankle monitor and humiliated him in front of his peers. The Trump administration has peddled deeply dehumanizing, racist and xenophobic rhetoric about the Haitian community, particularly i...