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Amid Second Recall Election in Four Years, Some in Fall River Call for Getting Rid of Mayor’s Position

John Cronin

A task force appointed by the city council of Fall River plans to study whether it might make sense to get rid of the mayor's position in city government and replace it with a city manager answerable to the city council, according to the Fall River Herald News.

Mayor Jasiel Correia II, 27, under indictment and the subject of a recall election in March, is the third mayor in a row in Fall River to run into trouble with the voters. One mayor was recalled in December 2014, and then his successor lost in November 2016 to the current mayor, who will be out in a couple of months if loses the recall election set for March 12.

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Cape Sheriff Referred 79 Inmates To Immigration Authorities in 2018

John Cronin

Barnstable County Sheriff James Cummings's office referred 79 inmates to the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency in 2018, the fruits of a program the sheriff entered into with the federal agency.

Sheriff's office personnel are trained to enter inmates' date into an ICE database, which helps them determine whether the inmates are in the United States illegally. ICE officials then decide whether they want to pick up the inmates for possible deportation.

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