US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested 2,197 unlawful immigrants in New York throughout a month-long operation, the Division of Homeland Safety (DHS) stated on Tuesday.Operation Rotten Apple was performed throughout New York state from July 27 to August 29. DHS stated these arrested included people with felony information involving homicide, rape, kidnapping, drug trafficking and assault.US Homeland Safety Secretary Markwayne Mullin stated the operation had helped make New York safer whereas accusing state and metropolis officers of failing to cooperate with federal immigration authorities.“Over the course of this operation, we arrested murderers, rapists, pedophiles, drug traffickers, and violent assailants,” Mullin stated at a press convention in New York Metropolis.DHS stated a number of of these arrested had critical felony information. They included Bogdan Detrovich Gren from Ukraine, who has convictions for kidnapping leading to loss of life, weapons possession and homicide.Different arrests included Andreas Bernal Chiquito from Colombia, who had been arrested in instances involving sexual conduct with a toddler, and Noel Celestino Lopez Martinez from Mexico, who had been arrested on a first-degree rape cost.The division additionally recognized Palvinder Singh from India, who it stated had a rape conviction in Germany, and Carlos Mendez-Acosta from Venezuela, who had a rape conviction.DHS stated individuals from Cambodia, the Dominican Republic, Sierra Leone, Honduras and Vietnam had been additionally amongst these arrested. Their felony information included allegations or convictions associated to drug trafficking, heroin distribution, housebreaking, assault, drug possession and theft.Border czar Tom Homan additionally praised the operation and criticised New York’s sanctuary insurance policies, saying they stop native authorities from cooperating with federal immigration officers.ICE officers stated the operation targeted on people thought of public security threats and that federal immigration legal guidelines would proceed to be enforced throughout New York.DHS additionally accused New York Governor Kathy Hochul and New York Metropolis Mayor Zohran Mamdani of backing insurance policies that restrict cooperation with ICE.The division claimed that 13,621 felony unlawful immigrants had been launched from New York jails due to these insurance policies. Nonetheless, DHS didn’t present an in depth breakdown supporting that determine in its press launch.
