Republicans have long accused the Biden-Harris White House of allowing human trafficking to flourish under its administration.

Evidence of that emerged in Florida this past week when 157 human trafficking suspects were taken into custody.

Twenty-five suspects are in the country illegally

According to Breitbart, those arrests were made by the Polk County Sheriff's Office in an undercover sting known as Operation Autumn Sweep.

Twenty-five of the suspects are illegally in the country while nine are receiving public assistance. Meanwhile, three of them are employed at Disney World.

One of the illegal aliens is 30-year-old Mexican national Ezequiel Mejia, who stands accused of sending messages to an undercover officer posing as a 14-year-old girl.

Mejia faces charges of traveling to meet a minor, use of a two-way communication device to commit a felony, attempted lewd battery on a minor, and resisting arrest.

Another suspect is 34-year-old Minnesota resident Michael Gillis, who at the time of his arrest was out on bond following accusations that he attempted to solicit a boy in his home state.

Operation Autumn Sweep had to be cut short due to hurricane

Sheriff Grady Judd explained at a press conference that the time frame of Operation Autumn Sweep was thrown off by a natural disaster.

Sheriff Grady Judd is briefing the media about Operation Autumn Sweep, an undercover investigation during which 157 suspects were arrested - as well as 3 suspects who were arrested for soliciting who they thought were children online for sex. One of those suspects - Michael… pic.twitter.com/Rsc12FBh6u

— Polk County Sheriff 🚔 Grady Judd (@PolkCoSheriff) October 17, 2024

"The approach of Hurricane Milton caused us to end our investigation earlier than planned, but it’s still amazing that in such a short amount of time we were able to put 157 people in jail, and three child predators," Breitbart quoted Grady as saying.

"Sixteen percent of the suspects we arrested are here illegally, but were offered free medical, food, travel, and housing, compliments of the U.S. taxpayers — meanwhile hurricane victims are still waiting, and praying for help," he added.

Press release: four possible human trafficking victims have been identified

Additional information was provided in a press release put out by Polk County Sheriff's Office administrator Carrie Horstman.

"During this investigation, four possible human trafficking victims were identified of the 47 prostitutes who showed up to the undercover location offering to commit prostitution," the press release explained.

"There were 96 suspects arrested for soliciting a prostitute and traveling to the undercover location to negotiate having sex in exchange for money; 14 other suspects were arrested, and of those, one was charged with human trafficking, a life felony," it added.