(The Center Square) — Federal immigration officials arrested hundreds of "illegal aliens" in a multi-agency sweep of New York City over the past 30 days, which comes in response to the state's new 'sanctuary' policies restricting cooperation with immigration crackdowns.
On Tuesday, Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Operation Rotten Apple, which took place from July 27 to August 29, resulted in the arrests of 2,197 illegal" aliens, including "murderers, rapists, pedophiles, drug traffickers, and violent assailants."
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