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State Senator Mark Montigny of New Bedford urged the Joint Committee on Transportation to favorably release his legislation to reduce distracted driving by prohibiting the use of handheld electronic devices while operating a motor vehicle...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson has testified before a Congressional subcommittee on the dangers of illegal immigration in the United States. Hodgson highlighted his written report on the subject to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security, saying national security is compromised when criminal illegal immigrants are allowed to roam free...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson is in Washington, D.C., this morning. Hodgson will testify before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary's Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security, highlighting his written report on the dangers of illegal immigration and sanctuary cities...

NEW BEDFORD - Helena DaSilva Hughes, Executive Director of the Immigrants' Assistance Center in New Bedford says President Trump's most recent executive order on immigration has put some folks at ease, but has worried many more. DaSilva Hughes tells WBSM News, if upheld, the new order would make violations such as traffic offenses deportable offenses, putting even licensed undocumented immigrants

NEW BEDFORD - A New Bedford man is arrested after police pulled his vehicle over and found a fully loaded gun. New Bedford Police say officers stopped 19-year-old Trentin Joshua Marshal Cruz of New Bedford on Route 18 North near Potomska Street Thursday night after he was seen swerving and crossing the double yellow line...

A motion requesting state legislators to oppose any future mass deportations of illegal immigrants was easily shot down in the New Bedford City Council Tuesday night.

New Bedford officials hope to crack down on the illegal use of recreational vehicles on city streets with a proposed ordinance announced Monday morning at City Hall.

The New Bedford City Council will be talking illegal immigration and deportation policy Tuesday night. The full council meeting before the Thanksgiving break will take up a motion by Councillor-at-Large Debora Coelho asking that the state legislative delegation support the city's opposition to the mass deportation of illegal immigrants...

One of the most outspoken locally elected Trump supporters is looking forward to his candidate's presidency. Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson says he hopes President-Elect Trump's first order of business is tackling one of his biggest campaign promises...

New Bedford Police continue to crack down on people illegally operating ATV's and other recreational vehicles on city streets. Police arrested 19-year-old Calixto Smith of New Bedford after he was seen driving an ATV at a high rate of speed without a helmet on Ashley Boulevard near Dean Street early Sunday morning...