"Our brave ICE law enforcement rescued these children and women, who were being sexually exploited and trafficked," said Tricia McLaughlin, assistant DHS secretary.  

The human-trafficking ring was being run by illegal aliens, according to the DHS.

President Donald Trump and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem "will not allow children and women to be victims of these heinous human-trafficking rings," McLaughlin said. "Our message to human traffickers is clear: We will dismantle your networks, and you will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. That's a promise."   

Illegal aliens were running the trafficking operation, which also included drug trafficking, out of motels and eyebrow salons in the Omaha metro area, according to the DHS.  

"Victims were crammed into cockroach-infested rooms and trapped in squalor, with no basic sanitation or safety," the DHS reported in a press release first obtained by The Daily Signal. "Children and adults were being sex-trafficked."

Five illegal aliens have been charged in the bust and will remain in custody pending judicial proceedings and removal.

"ICE has placed immigration detainers on all five Indian illegal aliens arrested to ensure they are not released back into the community after completion of their federal criminal charges," according to the DHS.  

During the operation, law enforcement seized more than $565,000 in cash and illicit drugs.

In addition to the 27 victims and the five illegal aliens who were said to be running the trafficking ring, ICE also took 14 other illegal immigrants into custody who were reportedly living alongside the victims.

Guillermo Infante Arevalo, an illegal alien from Mexico, was among the 14 and has a "history of child endangerment, drug and firearm possession, and illegal reentry," according to the DHS. Criminal illegal immigrants Eudis Enrique Cuellar-Martinez of Venezuela and Pablo Martinez Canas of El Salvador were also arrested. Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

Virginia Allen is a senior news producer for The Daily Signal and host of "The Daily Signal Podcast" and "Problematic Women."

To receive daily emails from Breaking Christian News to your inbox CLICK HERE

Americans Split On Pastors Using AI, Skeptical It Can Help With Understanding the Bible

Daughters of the American Revolution to Vote on Definition of 'Woman' amid Criticism of Transgender Policy

FYI: These 568 Companies Are Paying to Trans Kids. A Nationwide Campaign Demands They Stop

'They Paid Me to Vote': Homeless Residents Make Explosive Claims after Spencer Pratt's Loss [Video]

Ainsley Earhardt Celebrates America; Reveals Supernatural Experience That Strengthened Her Faith [Video]

Melania Trump Launches First-of-Its-Kind Foster Youth Accounts to Give Children Asset Ownership

Changing Tide: Record-low 38% of Americans Support 'Gender Transitions' - Gallup Poll

4 States Offering Pride Month Alternatives That Celebrate Family

PRO-LIFE WIN: Trump Admin Moves to Remedy Downfall of IVF

Karmelo Anthony Claims He's 'Penniless,' Can't Afford Lawyer for Appeal, Despite Pocketing $625,000, after Murder Conviction

Trump Says US Snuck 22 Oil Ships Past Iran in Covert Op, US Strikes Regime 2 Nights in a Row

Memphis Safe Task Force Surpasses 10,000 Arrests, Locates 154 Missing Children and Removes over 1,700 Firearms from City Streets

President Trump Signs $70 Billion Border Security, ICE Funding Bill that Includes Funding to Combat Child Trafficking

Report: Parents Remain Essential to Instilling Authentic Faith in Next Generation

Who Is Counseling Our Children?

Supreme Court Vacates Biden-Era Decision Outlawing Gas Stoves, Water Heaters

California Election: Our Republic in the Balance

Belfast Burns as Protests Turn Violent after Sudanese Migrant's Brutal Knife Attack Leaves Man Partially Blind

Texas Teen Gets 35 Years in Fatal Track Meet Stabbing

House Democrats Join Republicans to Defeat Lebanon War Powers Resolution, in Surprisingly Bipartisan Response