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Jon Mitchell

Democrat

Mayor of New Bedford • Massachusetts

Mayor of New Bedford, Massachusetts since 2012; former federal prosecutor.

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Re: ICE Arrests at Least 31 People in New Bedford, Dartmouth and Fall River — Most of Them Asylum Seekers on Their Way to Work — and Maura Healey Asks "Who Have They Arrested and Why?", Fall River's Mayor Says "That's Where They Overreach," and Jake Auchincloss Says the Operations Are "Designed to Intimidate Our Friends and Our Neighbors"

Sep 23, 2026

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This is not the way the system should work. It reminds us yet again that America's immigration law and the agency primarily charged with enforcing it must be overhauled.