On Wednesday’s State of Play, the identical MS NOW that routinely ignores the hundreds of People who’re killed every year by unlawful aliens (together with murders and automobile crashes) made positive in charge President Donald Trump for the alleged suicide of a younger Haitian man after his TPS standing was revoked.
Selecting up on the case of 20-year-old Pierre Damas Bel, host Peter Alexander closed the present with a commentary:
This morning, we finish the present with a reminder that coverage impacts folks. Coverage is private, and, on this instance can be notably crushing for one Ohio neighborhood — 20 year-old Pierre Damas Bel was a varsity soccer participant, the oldest of three siblings and a freshman at Wright State College in Ohio with desires of incomes a level in medication. He was additionally a Haitian immigrant prone to being deported after the Trump administration abruptly stripped Momentary Protected Standing from Haitians this 12 months, affecting 350,000 Haitian immigrants.
After noting that Bel was fitted with an ankle monitor by ICE, the MS NOW host recalled:
He wrote on Instagram final month, “I got here right here to this nation to pursue my training. I did not come right here to commit a criminal offense or to harm anybody,” detailing emotions of disgrace and humiliation. Having grown more and more distraught on Monday morning, Pierre stepped into visitors on I-70 in Springfield, Ohio. He was hit and killed by a tractor trailer in what his household says they consider was a suicide from the disgrace and the taunting he had endured.
He added: “The Division of Homeland Safety says the circumstances of Pierre’s dying stay underneath investigation. They are saying any try and blame ICE is fake. Once more, a reminder coverage impacts folks.”
After noting among the unhealthy circumstances that also exist in Haiti, Alexander concluded: “If anybody doubts that, simply ask Donald Trump’s State Division, which supplies Haiti a degree 4 ‘don’t journey’ advisory for its excessive danger of crime and kidnapping and terrorism. Coverage, once more, is private. Our ideas are with Pierre’s household.”
In contrast, viewers of MS NOW (or its predecessor MSNBC) wouldn’t count on to listen to about People murdered by illegals (some allowed in by President Joe Biden), these killed in automobile crashes by illegals who got drivers’ licenses in blue states, and even the hundreds of migrants who died crossing the border in the course of the Biden administration. Immigration-related deaths are solely handled as newsworthy in the event that they can be utilized to drum up hostility to Republican insurance policies.
Transcript follows:
MS NOW’s State of Play
September 2, 2026
11:53 a.m.
PETER ALEXANDER: This morning, we finish the present with a reminder that coverage impacts folks. Coverage is private, and, on this instance can be notably crushing for one Ohio neighborhood — 20 year-old Pierre Damas Bel was a varsity soccer participant, the oldest of three siblings and a freshman at Wright State College in Ohio with desires of incomes a level in medication. He was additionally a Haitian immigrant prone to being deported after the Trump administration abruptly stripped non permanent protected standing from Haitians this 12 months, affecting 350,000 Haitian immigrants.
Pierre, who was a proud member of his highschool’s Junior Reserve Officer Coaching Corps program, was lately mounted with an ankle monitor by ICE brokers. He wrote on Instagram final month, “I got here right here to this nation to pursue my training. I did not come right here to commit a criminal offense or to harm anybody,” detailing emotions of disgrace and humiliation. Having grown more and more distraught on Monday morning, Pierre stepped into visitors on I-70 in Springfield, Ohio. He was hit and killed by a tractor trailer in what his household says they consider was a suicide from the disgrace and the taunting he had endured.
The Division of Homeland Safety says the circumstances of Pierre’s dying stay underneath investigation. They are saying any try and blame ICE is fake. Once more, a reminder coverage impacts folks. Haiti has been underneath protecting standing since 2010, after it was devastated by a large earthquake there. The Trump administration eliminated TPS standing for Haitian immigrants — migrants.
Some circumstances have turn out to be higher, however, in actual fact, life there stays determined and harmful. Haiti is overrun by armed gangs. It is ravaged by lethal illnesses, shattered by an absence of presidency stability. If anybody doubts that, simply ask Donald Trump’s State Division, which supplies Haiti a degree 4 “don’t journey” advisory for its excessive danger of crime and kidnapping and terrorism. Coverage, once more, is private. Our ideas are with Pierre’s household.
