by DARTMOUTH, Mass (WJAR) Saturday, September 8th 2018


Bristol County Sheriff Hodgson helps raise money towards building US-Mexico border wall. (WJAR)

MICHELLE SAN MIGUEL, NBC 10 NEWS — Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson presented President Donald Trump with a plaque at the White House this week and thanked the president for his support of law enforcement.


“It was important for me and the other sheriffs to be at the White House to be able to let the president know that we were completely, 150 percent behind what he had done in giving us our footing back but also his efforts to get the wall built on the border,” Hodgson said.

During his visit to the White House Wednesday, Hodgson and dozens of other sheriffs from across the country also met with White House officials, including the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security and Immigrations and Customs Enforcement.

Hodgson said, “my conversations really had to do with new initiatives, ideas around perhaps maybe some incentive to have the registry of motor vehicles personnel be trained about how to identify impostors because we have thousands of them coming in trying to get U.S. ID's.”

Hodgson has visited the southern border three times and has been vocal about his support for building a wall. Those who oppose the wall question the steep cost and how much it will curb illegal immigration.

“You can go up and down and talk to the ranchers, the cattle ranchers and anybody along the border- they'll tell you, they're floating in everywhere and they're coming in with unfettered access and we can't have that,” Hodgson said.

While at the White House, Hodgson also told the President about a crowdfunding page organized by the National Sheriffs Association where the donations will go to help fund and construct a border wall.

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