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‘Operation Rotten Apple’ Nets Thousands of Illegals in New York.
National Pulse and The Epoch Times describe the same event in different terms.
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As of September 2, 2026 at 12:00 AM, this is how Optics News reads the wording differences in this story.
What happened"Operation Rotten Apple" resulted in close to 2,200 arrests in New York, despite the sanctuary policies of state- and municipal-level Democrat politicians.
The headline splitNational Pulse frames it as "‘Operation Rotten Apple’ Nets Thousands of Illegals in New York.". The Epoch Times frames it as "Nearly 2,200 Illegal Immigrants Arrested in New York in ‘Operation Rotten Apple’".
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Right / center-right‘Operation Rotten Apple’ Nets Thousands of Illegals in New York.
‘Operation Rotten Apple’ Nets Thousands of Illegals in New York.
"Operation Rotten Apple" resulted in close to 2,200 arrests in New York, despite the sanctuary policies of state- and municipal-level Democrat politicians.