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Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin announced on Tuesday the arrest of 2,100 people in a 30-day immigration operation in New York state, asserting that all were "criminals" and lashing out at Democratic authorities for "refusing to work with federal law enforcement."
Mullin, in a press conference with other agency leaders, stated that "Operation Bad Apple," focused on New York City and the Long Island and Hudson Valley areas, has "taken 2,100 criminals off the streets" who were "the worst of the worst," including "gang members, rapists, murderers, and child predators."
However, he admitted that the federal government will also "pursue and deport" people who are in the United States "illegally, regardless of their status, and whether or not they have criminal convictions."
He lashed out at both the state governor, Democrat Kathy Hochul, and the mayor of the Big Apple, socialist Zohran Mamdani, for their sanctuary city policies, which seek to protect immigrants by limiting cooperation between local law enforcement and federal immigration authorities.
Likewise, he criticized the "Local Police, Local Crimes" law that recently went into effect in the state, which bans such collaboration through so-called 287(g) agreements between local and federal forces in civil immigration cases.
As a consequence of all those policies, he said, New York authorities have released 13,000 people from jails who had detainer orders from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE): "That is where we got the 2,100 (detainees), but we are not finished," he added.
"Since they refuse to work with us on the 287(g) program, we are going to send as many people as possible to restore law and order. President Trump has made it clear. He loves New York," he declared.
Furthermore, when asked if ICE and other agencies would patrol near polling places for immigration operations ahead of the midterm elections, Mullin assured that they would not, unless there is a "threat" in the environment or they are responding to an arrest "warrant" at that location.
Mullin also predicted that by the end of November, immigration agents who are "doing fieldwork" will wear body cameras for their own safety and that of the public. EFE
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