Immigration and Customs Enforcement

The Department of Homeland Security has ended its agreement with the Bristol County Sheriff’s Office that allowed for a partnership between the BCSO and ICE.

A total of nine county inmates, 18 staffers and one ICE detainee have tested positive at the North Dartmouth correctional campus.

The judge ruled Sheriff Thomas Hodgson showed "deliberate indifference" toward the health of immigrant detainees at the North Dartmouth facility.

Atty. Ira Alkalay says the Bristol County Sheriff precipitated the chaotic conflict that left the North Dartmouth ICE lockup with $25,000 worth of damage.

Sheriff Thomas Hodgson said he was hit by a chair during a melee prompted by a disagreement about COVID-19 testing.

Three ICE detainees were transported to the hospital Friday night.

Sheriff Thomas Hodgson denied that his prisoners are at heightened risk of contracting the coronavirus, and said he would not release any detainees.

An undocumented immigrant who refuses to disclose his true identity was sentenced in federal court in Boston for using another person’s ID for over 40 years.

A group of protestors that cemented themselves to the gates of the Bristol County House of Correction on Monday have been removed and arrested on multiple charges.

A Portuguese national, residing in New Bedford, was sentenced yesterday in federal court for assaulting a federal officer during his arrest by ICE officers.